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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2010; 16(35): 4422-4427
Published online Sep 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i35.4422
Decreased serum essential and aromatic amino acids in patients with chronic pancreatitis
Krystian Adrych, Marian Smoczynski, Magdalena Stojek, Tomasz Sledzinski, Ewa Slominska, Elzbieta Goyke, Ryszard Tomasz Smolenski, Julian Swierczynski
Krystian Adrych, Marian Smoczynski, Magdalena Stojek, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
Tomasz Sledzinski, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Ewa Slominska, Elzbieta Goyke, Ryszard Tomasz Smolenski, Julian Swierczynski, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Author contributions: Swierczynski J designed the research; Adrych K, Smoczynski M and Stojek M treated the patients and collected material and clinical data from the patients; Smolenski RT, Slominska E and Goyke E performed the research; Smolenski RT, Slominska E and Sledzinski T analysed the data; Swierczynski J, Adrych K, Stojek M and Sledzinski T wrote the paper.
Supported by Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education Grant ST-41 and ST-43
Correspondence to: Julian Swierczynski, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, ul. Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland. juls@gumed.edu.pl
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Received: April 4, 2010
Revised: June 28, 2010
Accepted: July 5, 2010
Published online: September 21, 2010
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