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Letters to the Editor

Sivelestat and its role in tissue reperfusion injury

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States

Received 7 January 2008; accepted 11 March 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. (Email: shailendrakapoor@yahoo.com).

Key Words: Sivelestat • Tissue reperfusion injury • Multiple organ failure

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The recent article by Mori et al. is highly interesting [1]. Recent studies have shown that sivelestat decreases and prevents tissue reperfusion injury not just in the lung but in other organs also.

For instance, Kotake et al. have recently shown that sivelestat can effectively decrease the effects . . . [Full Text of this Article]