The Journal of Pain
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 329-337 , August 2003

Acute pancreatitis results in referred mechanical hypersensitivity and neuropeptide up-regulation that can be suppressed by the protein kinase inhibitor k252a

  • John H Winston

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Hiroki Toma

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Mohan Shenoy

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Zhi-Jun He

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Lei Zou

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Shu-Yuan Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Maria-Adelaide Micci

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Pankaj J Pasricha

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Neuromuscular Disorders and Pain Group, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to P. Jay Pasricha, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Professor of Medicine, Anatomy & Neurosciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Medical Branch, 4.106 McCullough Building, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston TX 77755-0764, USA

Received 20 October 2002 ,Revised 11 April 2003 ,Accepted 11 April 2003.

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☆ Part of this work was presented in abstract form at the Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association in 2001.Supported by a grant from the Moody Foundation (#2000-21).

PII: S1526-5900(03)00636-9

doi: 10.1016/S1526-5900(03)00636-9

The Journal of Pain
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 329-337 , August 2003

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