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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2008; 14(13): 2037-2043
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2037
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2037
A combination therapy of ethanol injection and radiofrequency ablation under general anesthesia for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Kazutaka Kurokohchi, Seishiro Watanabe, Hirohito Yoneyama, Akihiro Deguchi, Tsutomu Masaki, Takashi Himoto, Hisaaki Miyoshi, Hamdy Saad Mohammad, Shigeki Kuriyama, Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
Kazutaka Kurokohchi, Akira Kitanaka, Tomohiko Taminato, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
Author contributions: Kurokohchi K designed research and wrote the paper; Kurokohchi K, Watanabe S, Yoneyama H, Deguchi A, Masaki T, Himoto T, Mohammad HS, and Kitanaka A performed research; Miyoshi H analyzed data; Taminato T and Kuriyama S supervised the whole study.
Correspondence to: Dr. Kazutaka Kurokohchi, Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan. kuroko@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp
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Received: July 31, 2007
Revised: February 13, 2008
Published online: April 7, 2008
Revised: February 13, 2008
Published online: April 7, 2008
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