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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2011; 17(21): 2646-2651
Published online Jun 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i21.2646
Secretion of melatonin and 6-sulfatoxymelatonin urinary excretion in functional dyspepsia
Cezary Chojnacki, Tomasz Poplawski, Grażyna Klupinska, Janusz Blasiak, Jan Chojnacki, Russel J Reiter
Cezary Chojnacki, Grażyna Klupinska, Jan Chojnacki, Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland
Tomasz Poplawski, Janusz Blasiak, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Russel J Reiter, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3901, United States
Author contributions: Chojnacki C conceived the study, screened the patients, and carried out the clinical procedures; Poplawski T carried out the biochemical analysis; Klupinska G participated in study design; Blasiak J performed the statistical analysis and helped to draft the paper; Chojnacki J participated in the study design and wrote the final version of the paper; Reiter RJ interpreted the data.
Correspondence to: Dr. Cezary Chojnacki, Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Haller’s Square, 90-647 Lodz, Poland. gastrologia@umed.lodz.pl
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Received: November 25, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2011
Accepted: March 12, 2011
Published online: June 7, 2011
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