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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2012; 18(22): 2813-2820
Published online Jun 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i22.2813
Published online Jun 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i22.2813
Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing-3 gene I148M polymorphism, steatosis, and liver damage in hereditary hemochromatosis
Luca Valenti, Paolo Maggioni, Raffaela Rametta, Paola Dongiovanni, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, Silvia Fargion, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy
Alberto Piperno, Sara Pelucchi, Raffaella Mariani, Università di Milano Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo Monza, 20090 Monza MI, Italy
Author contributions: Valenti L designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, drafted the manuscript and funded the study; Maggioni P, Rametta R, Pelucchi S, Mariani R, Dongiovanni P and Fracanzani AL acquired and interpreted the data and revised the manuscript for critical content; Piperno A and Fargion S interpreted the data, revised the manuscript for critical content and funded the study; all authors read, revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by FIRST Università degli Studi di Milano 2007, 2008 to Valenti L, Fargion S; Ricerca corrente Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico 2006 and 2008 to Valenti L, Fargion S; Centro per lo Studio delle Malattie del Fegato e del Metabolismo
Correspondence to: Luca Valenti, MD, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, via F Sforza, 20122 Milano, Italy. luca.valenti@unimi.it
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Received: June 27, 2011
Revised: February 22, 2012
Accepted: February 26, 2012
Published online: June 14, 2012
Revised: February 22, 2012
Accepted: February 26, 2012
Published online: June 14, 2012
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