Zhou, Chun-Hua MD*; Li, Mei-Lin MD*; Qin, Ai-Lan PhD†; Lv, Sheng-Xiang PhD‡; Wen-Tang, MD*; Zhu, Xiao-Yan MD§; Li, Lin-Yun PhD∥; Dong, Yun MD¶; Hu, Chuang-Ying PhD*; Hu, Duan-Min PhD*; Wang, Shao-Feng MD*
From the *Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; †Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow; ‡Department of Gastroenterology, The Second People’s Hospital of Huai’an, Huai’an; §Experimental Center, The Fifth People’s Hospital of Soochow; ∥Experimental Center and ¶Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, People’s Republic of China.
Received for publication June 13, 2012; accepted March 25, 2013.
Reprints: Shao-Feng Wang, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, San-Xiang Rd 1055, Suzhou City, JiangSu Province, 215004 People’s Republic of China (e-mail: [email protected]).
Drs Zhou and M.-L. Li contributed equally to this study.
This work was supported by a grant from the Health Bureau of Suzhou (project no. SYZ201128).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.