Online Submissions: http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327<strong>of</strong>fice wjg@wjgnet.com www.wjgnet.com <strong>World</strong> J Gastroenterol <strong>20</strong>11 May 28; 17(<strong>20</strong>): I ISSN 1007-9327 (print) ISSN 2219-2840 (online) © <strong>20</strong>11 Baishideng. All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgments to reviewers <strong>of</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong> Many reviewers have contributed their expertise and time to the peer review, a critical process to ensure the quality <strong>of</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong>. The editors and authors <strong>of</strong> the articles submitted to the journal are grateful to the following reviewers for evaluating the articles (including those published in this issue and those rejected for this issue) during the last editing time period. Tauseef Ali, MD, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Section <strong>of</strong> digestive diseases and nutrition, University <strong>of</strong> Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 9<strong>20</strong> SL Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States Giuseppe Chiarioni, Dr., Gastroenterological Rehabilitation Division <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Verona, Valeggio sul Mincio Hospital, Azienda Ospedale di Valeggio s/M, Valeggio s/M 37067, Italy Alessandro Grasso, MD, Internal Medicine and <strong>Gastroenterology</strong> Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Savona, 17100, Italy Yujin Hoshida, MD, PhD, Cancer Program, Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States Nawfal Hussein, PhD, Dr., Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University <strong>of</strong> Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom Michael Keese, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Clinic For Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Selin Kapan, Dr., Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> General Surgery, Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Department <strong>of</strong> General Surgery, Kucukcekmece, Istanbul 34150, Turkey Stefanos Karagiannis, MD, PhD, Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit <strong>of</strong> WJG|www.wjgnet.com University <strong>of</strong> Athens, General and Oncology Kifissia Hospital ‘Agioi Anargyroi’, Kaliftaki 14564, Kifissia, Greece Spiros Ladas, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, 1st Department <strong>of</strong> Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, Medical School, Athens University, “Laiko” General Hospital, Agiou Thoma 17, Athens 11527, Greece B Mittal, PhD, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Medical Institute, Lucknow 226014, India S Madhusudan, PhD, FRCP, Clinical Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Consultant, Medical Oncology, Translational DNA Repair Group, Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Molecular Oncology, Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> Oncology, School <strong>of</strong> Molecular Medical Sciences, University <strong>of</strong> Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals, City Hospital Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, United Kingdom Urgesi Riccardo, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Viterbo, Via Oderisi da Gubbio 182, 00145, Roma, Italy Bruno Stieger, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Division <strong>of</strong> Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology,University Hospital, Zurich 8091, Switzerland Cesare Tosetti, MD, Department <strong>of</strong> Primary Care, Health Care Agency <strong>of</strong> Bologna, Via Rosselli 21, 40046 Porretta Terme (BO), Italy Korkut Uygun, PhD, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 51 Blossom St. Boston, MA 02114, United States Richard A Rippe, Dr., Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, The University <strong>of</strong> North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7038, United States Stefan Wirth, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Dr., Children's Hospital, Heusnerstt. 40, Wuppertal 42349, Germany I May 28, <strong>20</strong>11|Volume 17|Issue <strong>20</strong>|
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