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Ghrelin Gene Polymorphisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2021
Kalli Theodora, Koutouratsas Tilemachos, Karamanolis George, Gazouli Maria
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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a bowel disorder characterized by pain accompanying defecation or altered bowel habits, divided into diarrhea-predominant, constipation-predominant, and alternating subtypes, whose pathogenesis is considered to include disordered bowel motility. The hormone ghrelin is a growth hormone secretagogue which furthermore affects gastrointestinal motility. We...
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