The association of mast cells and serotonin in children with chronic abdominal pain of unknown etiology

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Tara J ^a   Youssef, Nader N ^b   Shankar, Ravi ^a   Kleiner, David E ^c   Henderson, Wendy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Atlantic Health   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 77958077517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-265     Document Type: Article

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