BIMR gastroenterology: vol 2 Small intestine

DIVERTICULAR DISEASES (CLINICS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 4, No. 1)

1. The seven medical units on the E.B.S. rota have already all their patients admitted as "medical emergencies". These units are in the major hospital complexes with a heavy teaching programme and include three professorial units. Their work is dominated by the burden of accepting and disposing of "medical emergencies". 2. The back up hospitals which have approximately a quarter of the availabl...

Immunoproliferative Small Intestine Disease (IPSID): A Case Report

Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is the syndrome associated with Mediterranean lymphoma (a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma). Many of the patients diagnosed with secretory IPSID have variable level of abnormal immunoglobulins in serum or other bodily fluids, identified as truncated alpha heavy chain globulins. Most cases are characterized by a loss of ability to synthesiz...

Histomorphometric changes of small intestine in pregnant rat

Food intake of rats increases during pregnancy. This requires changes in the structure of the small intestine to absorb additional food. The aim of the present study was to investigate the morphological changes in the layers of small intestine in rats during pregnancy. Duodenum, jejunum and ileum of 18 pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats (day 7, 14 and 21 of pregnancy) were collected. Villous height a...

Pediatric Gastroenterology—challenges great and small

INTRODUCTION Pediatric Gastroenterology encompasses one of the broadest pediatric subspecialities. Areas of interest include luminal conditions, hepatology, pancreatic diseases, and nutritional disorders, along with interactions between these (such as luminal disorders disrupting nutrition). Furthermore, pediatric gastroenterology services regularly intersect with almost all other subspecialiti...

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