Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2005; 11(28): 4382-4389
Published online Jul 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i28.4382
Expression of adhesion molecules on mature cholangiocytes in canal of Hering and bile ductules in wedge biopsy samples of primary biliary cirrhosis
Hiroaki Yokomori, Masaya Oda, Mariko Ogi, Go Wakabayashi, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Kazunori Yoshimura, Toshihiro Nagai, Masaki Kitajima, Masahiko Nomura, Toshifumi Hibi
Hiroaki Yokomori, Department of Internal Medicine, Kitasato Institute Medical Center Hospital, Saitama 364-8501, Japan
Masaya Oda, Organized Center of Clinical Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
Mariko Ogi, Laboratory of Pathology, Kitasato Institute Medical Center Hospital, Saitama 364-8501, Japan
Go Wakabayashi, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Masaki Kitajima, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-0016, Japan
Kazunori Yoshimura, Masahiko Nomura, Physiology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Toshihiro Nagai, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-0016, Japan
Toshifumi Hibi, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-0016, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Hiroaki Yokomori, MD, Kitasato Institute Medical Center Hospital, 121-1 Arai, Kitamotoshi, Saitama 364-8501, Japan. yokomori-hr@kitasato.or.jp
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Received: July 28, 2004
Revised: August 23, 2004
Accepted: August 31, 2004
Published online: July 28, 2005
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