Sundin, Olof H.
Mendoza-Ladd, Antonio
Zeng, Mingtao
Diaz-Arévalo, Diana
Morales, Elisa
Fagan, B. Matthew
Ordoñez, Javier
Velez, Philip
Antony, Nishaal
McCallum, Richard W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (EY013610 Indirect Cost Fund)
TTUHSC-EP Department of Medicine Seed Grant
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Subcontract from grant 065086301.2.100 to El Paso Public Health Dept.)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2017
Accepted: 26 June 2017
First Online: 17 July 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Research subject recruitment and written informed consent were performed under IRB Protocol #E14034, reviewed and authorized by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso Institutional Review Board according to principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The subjects were under clinical evaluation for moderate gastrointestinal symptoms, including bloating, gas, or irregular bowel habits. Dr. Mendoza-Ladd supervised informed consent of the patients.
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