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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2012; 18(35): 4855-4865
Published online Sep 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i35.4855
Published online Sep 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i35.4855
Role for mycobacterial infection in pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis?
Daniel Smyk, Yoh Zen, Robin Daniel Abeles, Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Institute of Liver Studies and Liver Unit, King’s College London School of Medicine at King’s College Hospital and Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
Eirini I Rigopoulou, Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly Medical School, Biopolis, Larissa 41110, Greece
Eirini I Rigopoulou, Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology (BIOMED), CERETETH, Larissa 41222, Greece
Charalambos Billinis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa 43100, Greece
Albert Pares, Liver Unit, Digestive Diseases Institute, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Author contributions: Bogdanos DP and Rigopoulou EI conceived the idea for writing a review on this topic; Smyk D wrote the first draft of the manuscript; Smyk D and Bogdanos DP wrote the subsequent drafts of the manuscripts, although all authors contributed; Zen Y prepared and provided the histological pictures; all authors were responsible for reviewing the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Dimitrios P Bogdanos, MD, PhD, Institute of Liver Studies and Liver Unit, King’s College London School of Medicine at King’s College Hospital and Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill Campus, SE5 9RS London, United Kingdom. dimitrios.bogdanos@kcl.ac.uk
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Received: June 18, 2011
Revised: April 16, 2012
Accepted: May 6, 2012
Published online: September 21, 2012
Revised: April 16, 2012
Accepted: May 6, 2012
Published online: September 21, 2012
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