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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2008; 14(31): 4915-4922
Published online Aug 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4915
Published online Aug 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4915
Relationship between microvessel count and post-hepatectomy survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Atsushi Nanashima, Yorihisa Sumida, Takafumi Abo, Hiroaki Takeshita, Kenichirou Shibata, Shigekazu Hidaka, Terumitsu Sawai, Toru Yasutake, Takeshi Nagayasu, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 8528501, Japan
Toshiyuki Nakayama, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Author contributions: Nanashima A and Nakayama T contributed equally to this work; Nanashima A, Sumida Y, Abo T, Takeshita H, Hidaka S, Sawai T, Yasutake T, and Nagayasu T designed research; Nakayama T and Shibata K performed research; Abo T contributed analyzed data; And Nanashima A wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Atsushi Nanashima, MD, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 8528501, Japan. a-nanasm@alpha.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
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Received: January 31, 2008
Revised: August 1, 2008
Accepted: August 8, 2008
Published online: August 21, 2008
Revised: August 1, 2008
Accepted: August 8, 2008
Published online: August 21, 2008
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