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Irritable bowel syndrome
Increased platelet depleted plasma 5-hydroxytryptamine concentration following meal ingestion in symptomatic female subjects with diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome
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- Platelet activation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome may reflect a sub-clinical inflammatorPublished on: 18 April 2016
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We read the recent article by Houghton et al. and found results very interesting.[1] Their observations included higher platelet concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine among patients with diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome (d-IBS) as compared to controls. It is interesting that a small but significant subgroup of IBS patients report onset of their symptoms after an episode of acute gastr...
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