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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2011; 17(29): 3459-3464
Published online Aug 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i29.3459
Published online Aug 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i29.3459
Three cases of retroperitoneal schwannoma diagnosed by EUS-FNA
Taiki Kudo, Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, Nobuyuki Ehira, Hiroaki Yamato, Kazunori Eto, Masahiro Asaka, Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
Kazunori Eto, Kanako Kubota, Department of Surgical pathology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 14, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
Author contributions: Kudo T and Kawakami H contributed equally to this work; Kawakami H managed the patients, performed the endoscopic examination, designed the research and provided discussion of clinical features and pathology; Kuwatani M, Ehira N and Yamato H analyzed the data and provided clinical advice; Eto K and Kubota K diagnosed the case and provided discussion of pathology; Kudo T and Kawakami H collected the data and wrote the paper; Kawakami H revised the paper; Asaka M supervised the research; all authors approved the final manuscript for publication.
Correspondence to: Hiroshi Kawakami, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan. hiropon@med.hokudai.ac.jp
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Received: December 16, 2010
Revised: March 4, 2011
Accepted: March 11, 2011
Published online: August 7, 2011
Revised: March 4, 2011
Accepted: March 11, 2011
Published online: August 7, 2011
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