Serine proteases: New players in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1035-1037

  Barbara, Giovanni ^a,b   Cremon, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HISTAMINE; PEPSIN A; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; SERINE PROTEINASE; SEROTONIN; TRYPSIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRESS;

DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 48249105788     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.150821     Document Type: Note

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