Original Article
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World J Hepatol. Feb 27, 2013; 5(2): 46-55
Published online Feb 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i2.46
Lymphocyte subsets in alcoholic liver disease
Luís Costa Matos, Paulo Batista, Nuno Monteiro, João Ribeiro, Maria A Cipriano, Pedro Henriques, Fernando Girão, Armando Carvalho
Luís Costa Matos, Armando Carvalho, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Costa Matos, Paulo Batista, Nuno Monteiro, João Ribeiro, Pedro Henriques, Fernando Girão, Centro Hospitalar Tondela, Viseu E.P.E, 3504-509 Viseu, Portugal
Maria A Cipriano, Department of Anatomopathology, University of Coimbra Hospital, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
Author contributions: Costa Matos L, Batista P, Monteiro N, Henriques P and Girão F performed the clinical research; Costa Matos L, Batista P and Monteiro N analysed the data and wrote the paper; Cipriano MA was responsible for anatomopathological evaluation; Ribeiro J was responsible for all laboratory determinations and genetic analysis; and Carvalho A revised the paper.
Supported by Centro Hospitalar Tondela, Viseu E.P.E., Portugal (public hospital)
Correspondence to: Dr. Luís Costa Matos, Quinta do Catavejo, 72 Mundão, 3505-582 Viseu, Portugal. costamatos.luis@gmail.com
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Received: June 18, 2012
Revised: September 4, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: February 27, 2013
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