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Tom Treasure, Mišel Milošević, Francesca Fiorentino, Joachim Pfannschmidt 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14517-14526. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14517
Ferdinando De Vita, Natale Di Martino, Alessio Fabozzi, Maria Maddalena Laterza, Jole Ventriglia, Beatrice Savastano, Angelica Petrillo, Valentina Gambardella, Vincenzo Sforza, Luigi Marano, Annamaria Auricchio, Gennaro Galizia, Fortunato Ciardiello, Michele Orditura 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14537-14558. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14537
Gaia Caccamo, Francesca Saffioti, Giovanni Raimondo 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14559-14567. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14559
Federica Branchi, Clara Benedetta Conti, Alessandra Baccarin, Pietro Lampertico, Dario Conte, Mirella Fraquelli 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14568-14580. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14568
Hwi Young Kim, Won Kim 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14581-14588. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14581
Chi-Ruei Huang, Szecheng John Lo 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14589-14597. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14589
Hsin-Yun Sun, Wang-Huei Sheng, Mao-Song Tsai, Kuan-Yeh Lee, Sui-Yuan Chang, Chien-Ching Hung 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14598-14614. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14598
Sibnarayan Datta, Soumya Chatterjee, Vijay Veer 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14615-14625. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14615
Sebastian Mueller, Helmut Karl Seitz, Vanessa Rausch 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14626-14641. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14626
Gianni Testino, Patrizia Burra, Ferruccio Bonino, Francesco Piani, Alessandro Sumberaz, Roberto Peressutti, Andrea Giannelli Castiglione, Valentino Patussi, Tiziana Fanucchi, Ornella Ancarani, Giovanna De Cerce, Anna Teresa Iannini, Giovanni Greco, Antonio Mosti, Marilena Durante, Paola Babocci, Mariano Quartini, Davide Mioni, Sarino Aricò, Aniello Baselice, Silvia Leone, Fabiola Lozer, Emanuele Scafato, Paolo Borro 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14642-14651. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14642
Alba Rocco, Debora Compare, Debora Angrisani, Marco Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Gerardo Nardone 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14652-14659. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14652
Emilio González-Reimers, Francisco Santolaria-Fernández, María Candelaria Martín-González, Camino María Fernández-Rodríguez, Geraldine Quintero-Platt 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14660-14671. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14660
Jinyao Liu 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14672-14685. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14672
Evangelos Kalaitzakis 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14686-14695. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14686
Kyung-Hyun Kim, Kwan-Kyu Park 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14696-14705. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14696
Francesca M Trovato, Daniela Catalano, Adriana Garozzo, G Fabio Martines, Clara Pirri, Guglielmo M Trovato 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14706-14716. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14706
Welley S Loc, Jill P Smith, Gail Matters, Mark Kester, James H Adair 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14717-14725. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14717
Daniel Joyce, Gareth Morris-Stiff, Gavin A Falk, Kevin El-Hayek, Sricharan Chalikonda, R Matthew Walsh 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14726-14732. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14726
Owain Peris Jones, James Daniel Melling, Paula Ghaneh 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14733-14746. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14733
Ferda Kaleağasıoğlu, Martin R Berger 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14747-14759. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14747
Sriluxayini Manikkavasakar, Mamdoh AlObaidy, Kiran K Busireddy, Miguel Ramalho, Viragi Nilmini, Madhavi Alagiyawanna, Richard C Semelka 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14760-14777. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14760
Review
Mark Pines 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14778-14786. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14778
Eduardo Madrigal-Santillán, Eduardo Madrigal-Bujaidar, Isela Álvarez-González, María Teresa Sumaya-Martínez, José Gutiérrez-Salinas, Mirandeli Bautista, Ángel Morales-González, Manuel García-Luna y González-Rubio, J Leopoldo Aguilar-Faisal, José A Morales-González 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14787-14804. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14787
Zi-Kai Wang, Yun-Sheng Yang, Ye Chen, Jing Yuan, Gang Sun, Li-Hua Peng 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14805-14820. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14805
Xing-Chun Wang, Aaron M Gusdon, Huan Liu, Shen Qu 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14821-14830. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14821
Minireviews
Uma Debi, Vasudevan Ravisankar, Kaushal Kishor Prasad, Saroj Kant Sinha, Arun Kumar Sharma 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14831-14840. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14831
Original Article
Astrit R Hamza, Avdyl S Krasniqi, Pramod Kadaba Srinivasan, Mamdouh Afify, Christian Bleilevens, Uwe Klinge, René H Tolba 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14841-14854. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14841
Christina Klaus, Ursula Schneider, Christian Hedberg, Anke K Schütz, Jürgen Bernhagen, Herbert Waldmann, Nikolaus Gassler, Elke Kaemmerer 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14855-14864. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14855
Xiao-Jun Yang, Tian Gan, Lei Wang, Zhuan Liao, Xiao-Hong Tao, Wei Shen, Xiao-Yan Zhao 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14865-14874. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14865
Xue-Ke Zhao, Ming-Liang Cheng, Rong-Min Wu, Yu-Mei Yao, Mao Mu, Juan-Juan Zhu, Bao-Fang Zhang, Ming-Yu Zhou 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14875-14883. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14875
Hu-Cheng Ma, Xiao-Lei Shi, Hao-Zhen Ren, Xian-Wen Yuan, Yi-Tao Ding 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14884-14894. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14884
Ru-Yi Chen, Bin Xu, Su-Feng Chen, Si-Si Chen, Ting Zhang, Jun Ren, Jian Xu 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14895-14903. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14895
Research Report
Richard Hummel, Corina Sie, David I Watson, Tingting Wang, Alfiya Ansar, Michael Z Michael, Mark Van der Hoek, Joerg Haier, Damian J Hussey 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14904-14912. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14904
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yaron Niv, Doron Boltin, Marisa Halpern, Miriam Cohen, Zohar Levi, Alex Vilkin, Sara Morgenstern, Vahig Manugian, Erica St Lawrence, Pascal Gagneux, Sukhwinder Kaur, Poonam Sharma, Surinder K Batra, Samuel B Ho 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14913-14920. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14913
Retrospective Study
Hao-Ming Lin, Li-Ming Lei, Jie Zhu, Guo-Lin Li, Jun Min 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14921-14926. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14921
Clinical Trials Study
Wu Song, Jian-Hui Chen, Xin-Hua Zhang, Jian-Bo Xu, Yu-Long He, Shi-Rong Cai, Fang-Hai Han, Chuang-Qi Chen 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14927-14933. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14927
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Li Zhu, Aikebaier Aili, Cheng Zhang, Aili Saiding, Kelimu Abudureyimu 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14942-14949. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14942
Randomized Controlled Trial
Hong Ma, Fan Cui, Jing-Jing Dong, Guo-Ping You, Xiang-Jiu Yang, Hua-Dong Lu, Yan-Ling Huang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14950-14957. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14950
Systematic Reviews
Xiao-Li Jin, Bin Xu, Yu-Lian Wu 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14958-14964. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14958
Meta-Analysis
Jing Su, Xiao-Ying Zhou, Guo-Xin Zhang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14965-14972. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14965
Ben Wang, Zhi-Fa Lv, You-Hua Wang, Hui Wang, Xiao-Qun Liu, Yong Xie, Xiao-Jiang Zhou 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14973-14985. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14973
Wei-Song Shen, Hong-Qing Xi, Bo Wei, Lin Chen 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14986-14991. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14986
Case Report
Vanessa M Banz, Matthias Baechtold, Stefan Weber, Matthias Peterhans, Daniel Inderbitzin, Daniel Candinas 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14992-14996. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14992
In Soo Choe, Yong Seok Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Sun Moon Kim, Kyung Ho Song, Hoon Sup Koo, Jung Ho Park, Jin Sil Pyo, Ji Yeong Kim, In Seok Choi 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):14997-15000. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14997
An Ren, Feng Cai, Yan-Ning Shang, En-Sen Ma, Zhen-Guo Huang, Wu Wang, Jie Luo 
World J Gastroenterol 20(40):15001-15006. Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.15001
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