Review
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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2008; 14(17): 2691-2701
Published online May 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2691
Circulating lymphangiogenic growth factors in gastrointestinal solid tumors, could they be of any clinical significance?
Theodore D Tsirlis, George Papastratis, Kyriaki Masselou, Christos Tsigris, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Alkiviadis Kostakis, Nikolaos I Nikiteas
Theodore D Tsirlis, George Papastratis, Third Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”, Athens 115 26, Greece
Kyriaki Masselou, Department of Immunology, National Tissue Typing Center, General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”, Athens 115 26, Greece
Christos Tsigris, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Alkiviadis Kostakis, Nikolaos I Nikiteas, Second Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens 115 27, Greece
Author contributions: Tsirlis TD, Nikiteas NI contributed equally to conception and design of the review; Tsirlis TD wrote and revised the review; Papastratis G, Masselou K, Tsigris C, Papachristodoulou A and Kostakis A contributed equally to supportive work and supervision.
Correspondence to: Theodore D Tsirlis, Third Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”, Psaron 20 str. Agia Paraskevi, Athens 153 43, Greece. theotsir@med.uoa.gr
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Received: January 8, 2008
Revised: March 22, 2008
Published online: May 7, 2008
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