Enteral feeding and gut atrophy

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 679-683

  Alpers, David H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HORMONE; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE;

ATROPHY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CATABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; GENE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE ATROPHY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 1842858860     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-200211000-00011     Document Type: Review

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