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Juan Domínguez-Bendala, Camillo Ricordi 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6876-6884. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6876
Denis Dufrane, Pierre Gianello 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6885-6893. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6885
Ricardo Londono, Blair A Jobe, Toshitaka Hoppo, Stephen F Badylak 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6894-6899. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6894
Giorgia Totonelli, Panagiotis Maghsoudlou, Jonathan M Fishman, Giuseppe Orlando, Tahera Ansari, Paul Sibbons, Martin A Birchall, Agostino Pierro, Simon Eaton, Paolo De Coppi 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6900-6907. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6900
Kenneth L Koch, Khalil N Bitar, John E Fortunato 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6918-6925. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6918
Christopher Booth, Tom Soker, Pedro Baptista, Christina L Ross, Shay Soker, Umar Farooq, Robert J Stratta, Giuseppe Orlando 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6926-6934. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6926
Original Article
Kazuya Shinmura, Masanori Goto, Hong Tao, Shun Matsuura, Tomonari Matsuda, Haruhiko Sugimura 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6935-6942. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6935
Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song, Young Min Kim, Ran Noh, Ha Yan Kang, Hyang Ie Lee, Hyeon Yoong Yang, An Na Kim, Hee Bok Chae, Sae Hwan Lee, Hong Soo Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Young Woo Kang, Eaum Seok Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Byung Seok Lee, Heon Young Lee 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6943-6950. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6943
Khanitta Srimuangwong, Chainarong Tocharus, Jiraporn Tocharus, Apichart Suksamrarn, Pornphorm Yoysungnoen Chintana 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6951-6959. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6951
Brief Article
Michaela Müller, Alexander J Eckardt, Annette Fisseler-Eckhoff, Susanne Haas, Ines Gockel, Till Wehrmann 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6960-6966. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6960
Zuzana Zelinkova, Evelien Bultman, Lauran Vogelaar, Cheima Bouziane, Ernst J Kuipers, C Janneke van der Woude 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6967-6973. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6967
Yasushi Ihama, Akira Hokama, Kenji Hibiya, Kazuto Kishimoto, Manabu Nakamoto, Tetsuo Hirata, Nagisa Kinjo, Haley L Cash, Futoshi Higa, Masao Tateyama, Fukunori Kinjo, Jiro Fujita 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6974-6980. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6974
Ranji Hayashi, Tomomitsu Tahara, Tsukasa Yamaaki, Takashi Saito, Kazuhiro Matsunaga, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Atsushi Fukumura, Kazuaki Ozaki, Masakatsu Nakamura, Hisakazu Shiroeda, Mikihiro Tsutsumi, Tomoyuki Shibata, Tomiyasu Arisawa 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6981-6986. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6981
Tae Jung Yun, Ho Sang Ryu, Chang Duck Kim, Hoon Jai Chun, Hong Sik Lee, Yoon Tae Jeen, Yong Sik Kim, Bora Keum, Hyung Joon Yim, Jin Dong Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyonggin An, Soon Ho Um, Chang Ha Kim, Jin Yong Jung 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6987-6995. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6987
Yu Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Moon Seok Choi, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Joon Hyeok Lee 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):6996-7002. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6996
Moutaz Derbala, Nasser Rizk, Fatima Shebl, Saad Alkaabi, Nazeeh Eldweik, Anil John, Manik Sharma, Rafie Yaqoob, Muneera Almohanadi, Mohammed Butt, Khaled Alejji 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7003-7008. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7003
Zhong-Sheng Lu, Yun-Sheng Yang, Dan Feng, Shu-Fang Wang, Jing Yuan, Jin Huang, Xiang-Dong Wang, Jiang-Yun Meng, Hong Du, Hong-Bin Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7009-7014. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7009
Liang Huang, Jing Li, Jian-Jun Yan, Cai-Feng Liu, Meng-Chao Wu, Yi-Qun Yan 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7021-7025. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7021
Jian Ang, Liang Hu, Pin-Tong Huang, Jin-Xiu Wu, Ling-Na Huang, Chun-Hui Cao, Yi-Xiong Zheng, Li Chen 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7026-7032. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7026
Shu-Sen Zheng, Xiao Xu, Xiang-Xiang He, Wen-Shi Jiang, Hai-Jun Guo, Di Lu, Kai Wang, Qi Ling 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7033-7039. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7033
Dan-Hong Yang, Zai-Yuan Ye, Yuan-Jun Xie, Xu-Jun He, Wen-Juan Xu, Wei-Ming Zhou 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7040-7047. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7040
Qing-Yu Liu, Wei-Dong Zhang, Dong-Ming Lai, Ying Ou-yang, Ming Gao, Xiao-Feng Lin 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7048-7055. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7048
Ji-Bing Chen, Jia-Liang Li, Li-Hua He, Wei-Qun Liu, Fei Yao, Jian-Ying Zeng, Yi Zhang, Ke-Qiang Xu, Li-Zhi Niu, Jian-Sheng Zuo, Ke-Cheng Xu 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7056-7062. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7056
Ming Xiu, Ya-Hui Liu, David R Brigstock, Fang-Hui He, Rui-Juan Zhang, Run-Ping Gao 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7070-7078. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7070
Qing-E Tian, Huan-De Li, Miao Yan, Hua-Lin Cai, Qin-You Tan, Wen-Yuan Zhang 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7079-7086. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7079
Gui-Jun Zhao, Li-Xia Xu, Eagle SH Chu, Ning Zhang, Jia-Yun Shen, Alatangaole Damirin, Xiao-Xing Li 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7087-7092. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7087
Jiu-Da Zhao, Pai-Li Geng, Zhan-Quan Li, Sen Cui, Jun-Hui Zhao, Li-Juan Wang, Jin-Zhang Li, Fa-Xiang Ji, Guo-Yuan Li, Guo-Shuang Shen, Ming-Zhe Lin, Cun-Fang Shen, Cheng-Zhu Cao 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7093-7099. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7093
Case Report
Yun-Lu Tao, Zhen-Jun Wang, Jia-Gang Han, Ping Wei 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7100-7103. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7100
Ming Zhuang, Wen-Jie Zhang, Jun Gu, Ying-Bin Liu, Xue-Feng Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7109-7112. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7109
Jing Zhao, Ling-Juan Fang, Kenneth DR Setchell, Rui Chen, Li-Ting Li, Jian-She Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7113-7117. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7113
Guo-Qiang Xu, Hong-Tan Chen, Cheng-Fu Xu, Xiao-Dong Teng 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7118-7121. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7118
Jian-Jie Qin, Yong-Xiang Xia, Ling Lv, Zhao-Jing Wang, Feng Zhang, Xue-Hao Wang, Bei-Cheng Sun 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7122-7126. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7122
Peng Sun, Shi-Yun Tan, Guo-Hai Liao 
World J Gastroenterol 18(47):7127-7130. Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.7127
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