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Genzyme Corporation supplied some laboratory material; no
author has any relationship with the company.
Received May 19, 1999; Revised September 20, 1999; Accepted
October 1, 1999.
From the Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical
School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Correspondence address: John P Delaney, MD, PhD, FACS, University
of Minnesota, FUHC, Box 89, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis,
MN 55455.
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