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ISRN Gastroenterology
Volume 2014, Article ID 245329, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/245329
Clinical Study

Preliminary Study on the Expression and the Clinical Significance of CD133 in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Ju-gang Wu, Ji-wei Yu, Rui-qi Lu, Shou-lian Wang, Xiao-chun Ni, Lin-hai Zheng, and Bo-jian Jiang

1st Department of General Surgery, Shanghai 3rd People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, No. 280 Mohe Road, Shanghai 201900, China

Received 12 November 2013; Accepted 17 December 2013; Published 6 February 2014

Academic Editors: L. David, A. J. Karayiannakis, and J. Yu

Copyright © 2014 Ju-gang Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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