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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2013; 19(24): 3819-3823
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3819
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3819
Is alcoholic pancreatitis associated with enteroviral infection?
Jahangir Khan, Isto Nordback, Hanna Seppänen, Riitta Lappalainen-Lehto, Satu Järvinen, Sari Räty, Juhani Sand, Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland
Sami Oikarinen, Sisko Tauriainen, Heikki Hyöty, Department of Virology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland
Heikki Hyöty, Department of Microbiology, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland
Author contributions: Räty S, Seppänen H, Lappalainen-Lehto R and Järvinen S recruited the patient and control material and contributed to the design of the study; Oikarinen S and Tauriainen S performed the enteroviral analysis and contributed to the analysis of the data; Khan J analyzed the data; Khan J, Nordback I, Hyöty H and Sand J wrote the paper and designed the study.
Correspondence to: Juhani Sand, MD, PhD, Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, PO Box 2000, 33521 Tampere, Finland. juhani.sand@pshp.fi
Telephone: +358-3-31166375 Fax: +358-3-31164358
Received: April 24, 2012
Revised: September 29, 2012
Accepted: October 30, 2012
Published online: June 28, 2013
Revised: September 29, 2012
Accepted: October 30, 2012
Published online: June 28, 2013
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