Leaky gut in alcoholic cirrhosis: A possible mechanism for alcohol- induced liver damage

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 200-207

  Keshavarzian, A ^a,b   Holmes, E W ^a   Patel, M ^a,b   Iber, F ^a,b   Fields, J Z ^a,b   Pethkar, S ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTOXEMIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LACTULOSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032920540     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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