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World J Gastroenterol. May 15, 2003; 9(5): 978-983
Published online May 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.978
Published online May 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.978
Hepatitis B virus infection of transplanted human hepatocytes causes a biochemical and histological hepatitis in immunocompetent rats
Catherine H. Wu, Edwin C. Ouyang, Cherie Walton, Kittichai Promrat, George Y. Wu, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
Faripour Forouhar, Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the grants from the NIDDK: DK-42182 (GYW), Connecticut Innovations, Inc. (CHW), a Blowitz-Ridgeway grant of the American Liver Foundation (CHW), and the Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research (GYW)
Correspondence to: George Y. Wu, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Rm. AM-045263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-1845, USA. wu@nso.uchc.edu
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Received: October 25, 2002
Revised: October 29, 2002
Accepted: November 7, 2002
Published online: May 15, 2003
Revised: October 29, 2002
Accepted: November 7, 2002
Published online: May 15, 2003
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