Gastroenterology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 91-97 , July 1987

Effect of psychological stress on salt and water transport in the human jejunum

  • G.R. Barclay
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  • L.A. Turnberg

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Professor L. A. Turnberg, Department of Medicine, Hope Hospital (University of Manchester School of Medicine), Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD, United Kingdom.

Received 4 August 1986 ,Accepted 9 February 1987.

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☆ This work was supported in part by grants from the Medical Research Council and the North Western Regional Health Authority.

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Gastroenterology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 91-97 , July 1987

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