Correction: The enhanced expression of the matrix metalloproteinase 9 in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma

Koh-ichi Sakata¹ , Masanori Someya¹ , Mutsuko Omatsu² , Hiroko Asanuma² , Tadashi Hasegawa² , Shingo Ichimiya³ , Masato Hareyama¹ and Tetsuo Himi⁴

¹Department of Radiology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

²Department of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

³First Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

⁴Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

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BMC Cancer 2008, 8:45doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-45

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Received:	29 January 2008
Accepted:	7 February 2008
Published:	7 February 2008

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Correction

Following the publication of the article 'The enhanced expression of the matrix metalloproteinase 9 in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma. BMC Cancer 2007, 7:229' [1], the submitting author became aware that a co-author had been omitted from the publication. Therefore, this article has been submitted as a correction to the original text, and highlights the contributions that this author made to the original article. The author would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Corrected author list

Koh-ichi Sakata, Masanori Someya, Mutsuko Omatsu, Hiroko Asanuma, Tadashi Hasegawa, Shingo Ichimiya, Masato Hareyama, and Tetsuo Himi.

Corrected authors' contributions

KS and MS carried out immunohistochemical examinations and drafted the manuscript. MH and TH (Tetsuo HiMi) treated patients and statistical analyses. MO, HA, and TH (Takashi Hasegawa) performed the histological diagnosis and in situ hybridization. SI improved the method to detect EBER in the nucleus of nasal T cell lymphoma cells by RNA-DNA in situ hybridization and attended pathological diagnosis of nasal T cell lymphoma. All authors read and approved the final abstract.

References

The enhanced expression of the matrix metalloproteinase 9 in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma
BMC Cancer 7(1):229. PubMed Abstract | BioMed Central Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text
2007 Dec 19

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