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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Dec 16, 2012; 4(12): 561-564
Published online Dec 16, 2012. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i12.561
Relationship of human rectal aberrant crypt foci and formation of colorectal polyp: One-year following up after polypectomy
Hirokazu Takahashi, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Eiji Sakai, Takuma Higurashi, Takashi Uchiyama, Kunihiro Hosono, Hiroki Endo, Atsushi Nakajima
Hirokazu Takahashi, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Eiji Sakai, Takuma Higurashi, Takashi Uchiyama, Kunihiro Hosono, Hiroki Endo, Atsushi Nakajima, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Author contributions: Takahashi H designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Yamada E, Ohkubo H, Sakai E, Higurashi T and Uchiyama T performed the colonoscopy; Hosono K and Endo H provided the collection of physical and imaging findings; Nakajima A providing appropriate advice for this work.
Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Research on the Third Term Comprehensive Control Research for Cancer from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan to Nakajima A; a grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NBIO) to Nakajima A; a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (KIBAN-B) to Nakajima A and (KIBAN-C) to Takahashi H
Correspondence to: Hirokazu Takahashi, MD, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. hirokazu@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
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Received: October 13, 2011
Revised: October 20, 2012
Accepted: December 1, 2012
Published online: December 16, 2012
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