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  1. J-M Liou1,2,
  2. J-T Lin1,3,
  3. C-Y Chang3,
  4. M-J Chen1,
  5. Y-C Lee1,
  6. M-S Wu1,4
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  3. 3Department of Internal Medicine, E-DA Hospital and I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
  4. 4Department of Primary Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, Department of Internal Medicine and Primary Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No 7, Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan; mingshiang{at}ntu.edu.tw

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2010.221176

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