Medical Progress Archive Intestinal Absorption — Aspects of Structure, Function and Disease of the Small-Intestine Mucosa This article has multiple parts: First of Three Parts Second of Three Parts ...

Gastric, small intestinal and even colonic permeability was altogether increased in liver cirrhosis, and malnutrition was associated with further increased small intestinal permeability indicative ...

Large numbers of cells are shed from small intestinal mucosa but they are so rapidly destroyed that there is little direct information about their morphological types. Material obtained by washing the ...

A periampullary duodenal diverticulum compresses the distal bile duct, leading to obstructive jaundice in a patient without ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Atrophic gastritis (AG), also called metaplastic atrophic gastritis (MAG), is a chronic (long-lasting) inflammation of the stomach lining, which leads to the ...

These biogenic amines are also considered nutritionally important local factors for growth and the development of small intestinal and colonic mucosa (Löser et al. 1999). Ruemmele et al. (1999) had ...

Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) and collagen fleece (CF) grafts are widely used, but their comparative efficacy is still debated. Our aim is to compare the clinical outcomes of SIS and CF grafting ...

CONCLUSION: In order to cause diarrhea, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains adhere to the intestinal mucosa, create a mucoid biofilm on the small bowel surface that could justify the ...

Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

A man was hospitalized after more than three feet of his small intestine broke through a two-inch hole in his abdomen where ...