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Functional Disorders

Chromogranin A as a possible tool in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

Magdy El-SalhyCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Bjarne Lomholt-Beck Department of Pathology, Haugesund Helse-Fonna Hospital, Norway
&
Trygve Hausken Section for Gastroenterology, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
Pages 1435-1439 | Received 14 Mar 2010, Accepted 16 Jun 2010, Published online: 06 Jul 2010

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