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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2008; 14(10): 1553-1558
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1553
Impact of obesity on the surgical outcome following repeat hepatic resection in Japanese patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma
Tohru Utsunomiya, Masahiro Okamoto, Toshihumi Kameyama, Ayumi Matsuyama, Manabu Yamamoto, Megumu Fujiwara, Masaki Mori, Shiomi Aimitsu, Teruyoshi Ishida
Tohru Utsunomiya, Masahiro Okamoto, Toshihumi Kameyama, Ayumi Matsuyama, Manabu Yamamoto, Teruyoshi Ishida, Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Megumu Fujiwara, Department of Pathology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan
Masaki Mori, Department of Radiology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan
Shiomi Aimitsu, Department of Internal Medicine of the Liver, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan
Author contributions: Utsunomiya T designed the research; Utsunomiya T, Okamoto M, Kameyama T, Matsuyama A, Yamamoto M, Fujiwara M, Mori M, Aimitsu S, and Ishida T performed the research; Utsunomiya T analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Tohru Utsunomiya, Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan. tohru@hiroshima-med.jrc.or.jp
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Received: September 13, 2007
Revised: November 22, 2007
Published online: March 14, 2008
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