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vol. 29 no. 6 1182-1186
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- Received February 2, 2006
- Accepted February 15, 2007
- Published online May 31, 2007.
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- M. Wong 1 , 2 , 5 ,
- K. Yasufuku 1 , 5 ,
- T. Nakajima 3 ,
- F. J. F. Herth 3 ,
- Y. Sekine 1 ,
- K. Shibuya 1 ,
- T. Iizasa 1 ,
- K. Hiroshima 4 ,
- W. K. Lam 2 and
- T. Fujisawa 1
- Depts 1of Thoracic Surgery, and 4Basic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. 2Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China. 3Dept of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 5Both authors contributed equally to this manuscript and are considered first co-authors.
- T. Fujisawa, Dept of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. Fax: 81 432262172. E-mail: fujisawat{at}faculty.chiba-u.jp