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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2008; 14(26): 4190-4195
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4190
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4190
Pituitary hormone circadian rhythm alterations in cirrhosis patients with subclinical hepatic encephalopathy
Dimitrios Velissaris, Menelaos Karanikolas, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece
Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Chrissoula Labropoulou-Karatza, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece
Ekaterini Solomou, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece
Panagiotis Polychronopoulos, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece
Author contributions: Velissaris D is the principal investigator, performed research; Karanikolas M did part of the data analysis, interpreted results and wrote the paper; Kalogeropoulos A did most of the data analysis; Solomou E read and scored all MRI images; Polychronopoulos P did all neurologic evaluations; Thomopoulos K did liver evaluations; Labropoulou-Karatza C, the senior investigator, helped with study design.
Correspondence to: Menelaos Karanikolas, MD, MPH, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion 26500, Greece. kmenelaos@yahoo.com
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Received: February 21, 2008
Revised: June 3, 2008
Accepted: June 10, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
Revised: June 3, 2008
Accepted: June 10, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
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