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Michele Cicala, Sara Emerenziani, Annamaria Altomare, Silvia Cocca, Michele Pier Luca Guarino 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5029-5034. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5029
Review
Erwin Biecker 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5035-5050. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5035
Efstathios T Pavlidis, Theodoros E Pavlidis 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5051-5060. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5051
Minireviews
Sachin B Ingle, Chitra R Hinge (Ingle) 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5061-5066. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5061
Original Article
Sunida Kuakarn, Poorichaya SomParn, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Varocha Mahachai, Visith Thongboonkerd, Nattiya Hirankarn 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5067-5075. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5067
Yu-Liang Tu, Xuan Wang, Da-Dong Wang, Zi-Man Zhu, Jing-Wang Tan 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5076-5084. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5076
Xuan Huang, Bin Lv, Shuo Zhang, Qun Dai, Bing-Bing Chen, Li-Na Meng 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5085-5093. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5085
Brief Article
Sheila K Jacobi, Adam J Moeser, Anthony T Blikslager, J Marc Rhoads, Benjamin A Corl, Robert J Harrell, Jack Odle 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5094-5102. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5094
Lisandro Pereyra, Daniel Cimmino, Carlos González Malla, Mariano Laporte, Nicolás Rotholtz, Carlos Peczan, Sandra Lencinas, Silvia Pedreira, Hugo Catalano, Luis Boerr 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5103-5110. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5103
Faiza Benkebil, Christophe Combescure, Silvia I Anghel, Cécile Besson Duvanel, Michela G Schäppi 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5111-5117. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5111
Ryoji Tokashiki, Isaku Okamoto, Nobutoshi Funato, Mamoru Suzuki 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5118-5124. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5118
Tetsuo Sonomura, Wataru Ono, Morio Sato, Shinya Sahara, Kouhei Nakata, Hiroki Sanda, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hiroki Minamiguchi, Motoki Nakai, Kazushi Kishi 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5125-5130. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5125
Li Wang, Feng-Chun Zhang, Hua Chen, Xuan Zhang, Dong Xu, Yong-Zhe Li, Qian Wang, Li-Xia Gao, Yun-Jiao Yang, Fang Kong, Ke Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5131-5137. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5131
Hao Liu, Shou-Jun Yuan, Ying-Tai Chen, Yi-Bin Xie, Liang Cui, Wei-Zhi Yang, De-Xuan Yang, Yan-Tao Tian 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5138-5143. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5138
Chun-Qing Deng, Guo-Hong Deng, Yu-Ming Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5144-5149. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5144
Gui-Jie Liu, Xue-Hua Li, Yan-Xin Chen, Hui-Dong Sun, Gui-Mei Zhao, San-Yuan Hu 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5150-5158. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5150
Ying-Chun Wang, Xu Yang, Lan-Hua Xing, Wei-Zong Kong 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5159-5164. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5159
Meta-Analysis
Yu-Long Cai, Xian-Ze Xiong, Si-Jia Wu, Yao Cheng, Jiong Lu, Jie Zhang, Yi-Xin Lin, Nan-Sheng Cheng 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5165-5173. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5165
Case Report
Shreena S Patel, Stacey Beer, Debra L Kearney, Garrett Phillips, Beth A Carter 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5174-5177. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5174
Isa Jetté-Côté, Denise Ouellette, Claire Béliveau, Andrew Mitchell 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5178-5181. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5178
Tetsuya Takikawa, Atsushi Kanno, Atsushi Masamune, Shin Hamada, Eriko Nakano, Shin Miura, Hiroyuki Ariga, Jun Unno, Kiyoshi Kume, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Morihisa Hirota, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yu Katayose, Michiaki Unno, Tooru Shimosegawa 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5182-5186. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5182
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Shigeki Tsukamoto, Ken Saito, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Katsu Hirayama 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5187-5194. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5187
Hirohito Mori, Hideki Kobara, Kazi Rafiq, Noriko Nishiyama, Shintaro Fujihara, Maki Ayagi, Tatsuo Yachida, Kiyohito Kato, Tsutomu Masaki 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5195-5198. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5195
Yi-Ping Zhu, Yi-Ping Mou, Jun-Jun Ni, Yu-Cheng Zhou, Jin-Wei Jiang, Zhi-Nong Jiang, Guan-Yu Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5199-5203. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5199
Letter to the Editor
Daniela Knafelz, Fabio Panetta, Lidia Monti, Fiammetta Bracci, Bronislava Papadatou, Giuliano Torre, Luigi Dall’Oglio, Antonella Diamanti 
World J Gastroenterol 19(31):5204-5206. Published online Aug 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5204
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