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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2013; 19(2): 249-257
Published online Jan 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.249
Published online Jan 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.249
Hyperglycemia is a significant prognostic factor of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative therapy
Takanori Hosokawa, Masayuki Kurosaki, Kaoru Tsuchiya, Shuya Matsuda, Masaru Muraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Nobuharu Tamaki, Yutaka Yasui, Toru Nakata, Takashi Nishimura, Shoko Suzuki, Ken Ueda, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Jun Itakura, Yuka Takahashi, Namiki Izumi, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
Author contributions: Hosokawa T and Kurosaki M contributed equally to this work; Kurosaki M and Izumi N made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study; Tsuchiya K, Matsuda S, Muraoka M, Suzuki Y, Tamaki N, Yasui Y, Nakata T, Nishimura T, Suzuki S, Ueda K, Nakanishi H, Itakura J, Takahashi Y and Izumi N collected the clinical data; Hosokawa T and Kurosaki M contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data; Hosokawa T wrote the draft of the manuscript; Kurosaki M and Izumi N made critical revisions of the manuscript; and Izumi N obtained a research fund.
Supported by A Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan
Correspondence to: Namiki Izumi, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan. nizumi@musashino.jrc.or.jp
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Received: June 17, 2012
Revised: September 6, 2012
Accepted: October 16, 2012
Published online: January 14, 2013
Revised: September 6, 2012
Accepted: October 16, 2012
Published online: January 14, 2013
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