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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2009; 15(42): 5260-5265
Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5260
Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5260
Experimental evidence of obesity as a risk factor for severe acute pancreatitis
Jean-Louis Frossard, Service of Gastroenterology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Jean-Louis Frossard, Catherine M Pastor, Laboratory of pathophysiology and molecular imaging, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Pierre Lescuyer, Service of Genetics and Central Laboratory, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Author contributions: Frossard JL, Lescuyer P and Pastor CM have contributed equally to the design and writing and revising the manuscript.
Supported by (In part) The Swiss National Foundation for Sciences (to JLF), grant 320000-113225/1
Correspondence to: Jean-Louis Frossard, MD, Service of Gastroenterology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland. jean-louis.frossard@hcuge.ch
Telephone: +41-22-3729340 Fax: +41-22-3729366
Received: July 8, 2009
Revised: September 25, 2009
Accepted: October 9, 2009
Published online: November 14, 2009
Revised: September 25, 2009
Accepted: October 9, 2009
Published online: November 14, 2009
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