Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 632-642, May 2010

Enkephalin, its precursor, processing enzymes, and receptor as part of a local opioid network throughout the respiratory system of lung cancer patients

  • Malgorzata Krajnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care Department, Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Michael Schäfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charite Mitte, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Piotr Sobanski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, II University Hospital in Bydgoszcz, 85-168 Poland
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  • Janusz Kowalewski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Disease, Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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  • Elzbieta Bloch-Boguslawska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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  • Zbigniew Zylicz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dove House Hospice, Hull, HU88DH United Kingdom
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  • Shaaban A. Mousa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charite Mitte, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 19 May 2009; accepted 14 August 2009. published online 30 December 2009.

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PII: S0046-8177(09)00362-1

doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2009.08.025

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 632-642, May 2010