Glutamine and whey protein improve intestinal permeability and morphology in patients with crohn's disease: A randomized controlled trial

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1000-1012

  Benjamin, Jaya ^a   Makharia, Govind ^a   Ahuja, Vineet ^a   Rajan, K D Anand ^a   Kalaivani, Mani ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a   Joshi, Yogendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Glutamine; Intestinal morphology; Intestinal permeability; Lactulose mannitol ratio; Villous crypt ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMMUNE; LACTULOSE; MESALAZINE; MILK PROTEIN; MULTIVITAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE VILLUS; LACTULOSE MANNITOL EXCRETION RATIO; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; STOOL FREQUENCY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNITOL; MILK PROTEINS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84864064947     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1947-9     Document Type: Article

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