Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 15, 2003; 9(12): 2801-2804
Published online Dec 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2801
Impact of endoscopically minimal involvement on IL-8 mRNA expression in esophageal mucosa of patients with non-erosive reflux disease
Yusei Kanazawa, Hajime Isomoto, Chun Yang Wen, Ai-Ping Wang, Vladimir A Saenko, Akira Ohtsuru, Fuminao Takeshima, Katsuhisa Omagari, Yohei Mizuta, Ikuo Murata, Shunichi Yamashita, Shigeru Kohno
Yusei Kanazawa, Hajime Isomoto, Ai-Ping Wang, Fuminao Takeshima, Katsuhisa Omagari, Yohei Mizuta, Shigeru Kohno, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Chun Yang Wen, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Vladimir A Saenko, Akira Ohtsuru, Shunichi Yamashita, Department of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Ikuo Murata, Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Hajime Isomoto, M.D., Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. hajimei2002@yahoo.co.jp
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Received: August 5, 2003
Revised: August 16, 2003
Accepted: October 12, 2003
Published online: December 15, 2003
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