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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2013; 19(14): 2208-2216
Published online Apr 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i14.2208
Non-invasive panel tests for gastrointestinal motility monitoring within the MARS-500 Project
Aldo Roda, Mara Mirasoli, Massimo Guardigli, Patrizia Simoni, Davide Festi, Boris Afonin, Galina Vasilyeva
Aldo Roda, Mara Mirasoli, Massimo Guardigli, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna-Alma Mater Studiorum, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Patrizia Simoni, Davide Festi, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna-Alma Mater Studiorum, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Boris Afonin, Galina Vasilyeva, State Scientific Center of Russian Federation-Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP), 123007 Moscow, Russia
Author contributions: Roda A designed the research; Mirasoli M, Simoni P and Festi D developed experimental protocols and materials; Afonin B and Vasilyeva G supervised the experiments during the simulation of a manned mission to Mars; Guardigli M analyzed the data; Roda A, Mirasoli M and Guardigli M wrote the paper; Roda A and Afonin B revised the final version of the paper.
Correspondence to: Aldo Roda, Professor, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna-Alma Mater Studiorum, Via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy. aldo.roda@unibo.it
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Received: November 12, 2012
Revised: January 11, 2013
Accepted: January 23, 2013
Published online: April 14, 2013
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