Serum Ghrelin; A New Surrogate Marker of Gastric Mucosal Alterations in Upper Gastrointestinal Carcinogenesis

• Alireza Sadjadi,

  Affiliations Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningn, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Abbas Yazdanbod,

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

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• Yeong Yeh Lee,

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Majid Boreiri,

  Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Fatemeh Samadi,

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

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• Behrooz Z. Alizadeh,

  Affiliations Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningn, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Farhad Islami,

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America

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• Valerie Fyfe,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Masoud Babaei,

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

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• Mohammad J. Namazi,

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

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• James J. Going,

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Masoud Sotoudeh,

  Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Geertruida H. de Bock,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningn, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Reza Malekzadeh,

  Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad H. Derakhshan

  * E-mail: mohammad.derakhshan@glasgow.ac.uk

  Affiliations Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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