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UnknownNCT01060527

Altered Faecal Protease Activity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients in China

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
Sponsor
Xi'an Jiaotong University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder haracterised by abdominal pain or discomfort associated with altered bowel habits,while the mechanism is still not understood.Recent advances have conceptualized the faecal supernatants of diarrhoea-predominant IBS have a substantially higher serine protease activity, while in china,almost no studies have reported about protease activity in IBS.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2010-01-01
First posted
2010-02-02
Last updated
2010-02-02

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