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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2005; 11(1): 99-103
Published online Jan 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i1.99
Published online Jan 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i1.99
Concentrations of α- and β-defensins in gastric juice of patients with various gastroduodenal diseases
Yoshito Nishi, Hajime Isomoto, Hiroshi Mukae, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Ken Ohnita, Yohei Mizuta, Ikuo Murata, Shigeru Kohno, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki, Japan
Chun-Yang Wen, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto 12-4, Nagasaki, Japan
Akihiro Wada, Toshiya Hirayama, Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto 12-4, Nagasaki, Japan
Masamitsu Nakazato, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Hajime Isomoto, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Jackson 706, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. hajimei2002@yahoo.co.jp
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Received: March 6, 2004
Revised: March 8, 2004
Accepted: April 9, 2004
Published online: January 7, 2005
Revised: March 8, 2004
Accepted: April 9, 2004
Published online: January 7, 2005
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