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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2013; 19(17): 2660-2667
Published online May 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i17.2660
Short- and long-term efficacy of endoscopic balloon dilation in Crohn’s disease strictures
Nicola de’Angelis, Maria Clotilde Carra, Osvaldo Borrelli, Barbara Bizzarri, Francesca Vincenzi, Fabiola Fornaroli, Giuseppina De Caro, Gian Luigi de’Angelis
Nicola de’Angelis, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor-Université Paris Est, 94010 Creteil, France
Maria Clotilde Carra, Barbara Bizzarri, Francesca Vincenzi, Fabiola Fornaroli, Giuseppina De Caro, Gian Luigi de’Angelis, Gastroenterology and Operative Endoscopy Unit, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy
Osvaldo Borrelli, Department of Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
Author contributions: de’Angelis N contributed to the study design, data analysis, data collection, data interpretation, manuscript revision, and the final approval of the submitted version; Carra MC contributed to data analysis, data interpretation, manuscript drafting, manuscript revision, and final approval of the submitted version; Borrelli O contributed to study design, data interpretation, manuscript revision, and final approval of the submitted version; Bizzarri B, Vincenzi F, De Caro G and Fornaroli F coordinated and provided data collection; de’Angelis GL contributed to the study design and data interpretation, and he also performed the clinical procedures and gave his final approval of the submitted version; all authors gave their approval to the present manuscript for publication.
Correspondence to: Dr. Nicola de’Angelis, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor-Université Paris Est, 51 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France. nic.deangelis@yahoo.it
Telephone: +33-1-49812348 Fax: +33-1-49812432
Received: October 30, 2012
Revised: December 31, 2012
Accepted: January 18, 2013
Published online: May 7, 2013
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