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Mazhar A Kanak1, Yoshitaro Shindo1, Pavithra SaiKumar2

  • 1Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA.

Experientia Supplementum (2012)
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Colorectal cancerFatty liver diseaseGastric cancerGastritisHepatitisHepatocellular carcinomaInflammasomeInflammatory bowel diseaseLiver cirrhosisPancreatic cancerPancreatitis

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