Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , January 2011

Expression of Sonic hedgehog (SHH) and CDX2 in the columnar epithelium of the lower oesophagus

  • Yoshiyuki Yamanaka

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture 701-0192, Japan. Tel.: +81 86 462 1111; fax: +81 86 464 1195.
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  • Akiko Shiotani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Yoshinori Fujimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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  • Manabu Ishii

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Minoru Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Ken-ichi Tarumi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Tomoari Kamada

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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  • Jiro Hata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
    • ,
  • Ken Haruma

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan

Received 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.04.014

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