Anti-enteric Neuronal Antibodies and the Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Are They Really the Accused?
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Anti-enteric Neuronal Antibodies and the Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Are They Really the Accused?
TO THE EDITOR: I read with immense interest the fascinating article entitled “Anti-enteric neuronal antibodies and the irritable bowel syndrome” by Wood et al, which was published in January 2012 issue of Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. The authors have demonstrated that almost 90% of IBS patients exhibited positive anti-enteric neuronal antibodies which stained the nucleus and c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2093-0879,2093-0887
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2012.18.2.231