Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1562-1566 , November 2009

Serotonin Has a Critical Role in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Colitis

  • Kara Gross Margolis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests Address requests for reprints to: Kara Gross Margolis, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Charalabos Pothoulakis

      Affiliations

    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine—UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.027

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1562-1566 , November 2009

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