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Contents Volume 18 Issue 12 March 28, 2012

Editorial

Risk for gastric neoplasias in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis: A critical reappraisal

Lucy Vannella, Edith Lahner, Bruno Annibale

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1279-1285. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1279

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Topic Highlight

Mouse models of pancreatic cancer

Marta Herreros-Villanueva, Elizabeth Hijona, Angel Cosme, Luis Bujanda

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1286-1294. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1286

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Review

Magnifying endoscopy in upper gastroenterology for assessing lesions before completing endoscopic removal

Ning-Li Chai, En-Qiang Ling-Hu, Yoshinori Morita, Daisuke Obata, Takashi Toyonaga, Takeshi Azuma, Ben-Yan Wu

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1295-1307. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1295

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Original Article

Probiotic modulation of dendritic cells co-cultured with intestinal epithelial cells

Ji Yeun Kim, Myeong Soo Park, Geun Eog Ji

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1308-1318. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1308

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Enhancement of CTLs induced by DCs loaded with ubiquitinated hepatitis B virus core antigen

Jian-Hua Chen, Yong-Sheng Yu, Xiao-Hua Chen, Hong-Hong Liu, Guo-Qing Zang, Zheng-Hao Tang

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1319-1327. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1319

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Loss of Wnt5a and Ror2 protein in hepatocellular carcinoma associated with poor prognosis

Ming Geng, Yong-Cheng Cao, Ying-Jian Chen, Hui Jiang, Li-Quan Bi, Xiao-Hong Liu

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1328-1338. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1328

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Brief Article

Chronic hepatitis C: Treat or wait? Medical decision making in clinical practice

Claus Niederau, Dietrich Hüppe, Elmar Zehnter, Bernd Möller, Renate Heyne, Stefan Christensen, Rainer Pfaff, Arno Theilmeier, Ulrich Alshuth, Stefan Mauss

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1339-1347. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1339

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Celiac disease: Management of persistent symptoms in patients on a gluten-free diet

David H Dewar, Suzanne C Donnelly, Simon D McLaughlin, Matthew W Johnson, H Julia Ellis, Paul J Ciclitira

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1348-1356. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1348

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Second-line therapy for gemcitabine-pretreated advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer

Romain Altwegg, Marc Ychou, Vanessa Guillaumon, Simon Thezenas, Pierre Senesse, Nicolas Flori, Thibault Mazard, Ludovic Caillo, Stéphanie Faure, Emmanuelle Samalin, Eric Assenat

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1357-1364. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1357

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Post-cholecystectomy symptoms were caused by persistence of a functional gastrointestinal disorder

Malte Schmidt, Karl Søndenaa, John A Dumot, Steven Rosenblatt, Trygve Hausken, Maria Ramnefjell, Gro Njølstad, Geir Egil Eide

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1365-1372. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1365

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Three benefits of microcatheters for retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices

Tetsuo Sonomura, Wataru Ono, Morio Sato, Shinya Sahara, Kouhei Nakata, Hiroki Sanda, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hiroki Minamiguchi, Motoki Nakai, Kazushi Kishi

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1373-1378. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1373

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Branched-chain amino acid treatment before transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hiroki Nishikawa, Yukio Osaki, Tadashi Inuzuka, Haruhiko Takeda, Jun Nakajima, Fumihiro Matsuda, Shinichiro Henmi, Azusa Sakamoto, Tetsuro Ishikawa, Sumio Saito, Ryuichi Kita, Toru Kimura

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1379-1384. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1379

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Assessment of disease progression in patients with transfusion-associated chronic hepatitis C using transient elastography

Ryota Masuzaki, Ryosuke Tateishi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Toru Arano, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Eriko Goto, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Yuji Kondo, Tadashi Goto, Hitoshi Ikeda, Shuichiro Shiina, Masao Omata, Kazuhiko Koike

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1385-1390. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1385

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Opiate-induced constipation related to activation of small intestine opioid μ2-receptors

Wency Chen, Hsien-Hui Chung, Juei-Tang Cheng

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1391-1396. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1391

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Notch3 regulates the activation of hepatic stellate cells

Yi-Xiong Chen, Zhi-Hong Weng, Shu-Ling Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1397-1403. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1397

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Endoscopic stenting and concurrent chemoradiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer: A case-control study

Xiang-Jun Jiang, Ming-Quan Song, Yong-Ning Xin, Yu-Qiang Gao, Zi-Yu Niu, Zi-Bin Tian

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1404-1409. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1404

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Case Report

A rare case of langerhans cell histiocytosis of the gastrointestinal tract

Uday Shankar, Monika Prasad, Om P Chaurasia

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1410-1413. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1410

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Pseudomelanosis duodeni associated with chronic renal failure

Marcia Henriques de Magalhães Costa, Maria da Gloria Fernandes Pegado, Cleber Vargas, Maria Elizabeth C Castro, Kalil Madi, Tiago Nunes, Cyrla Zaltman

World J Gastroenterol 18(12):1414-1416. Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1414

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