Increased intestinal permeability in malnourished patients with liver cirrhosis

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1116-1119

  Norman, K ^a   Pirlich, M ^a,b   Schulzke, J D ^a   Smoliner, C ^a   Lochs, H ^a   Valentini, L ^a   Buhner S ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Evangelische Elisabethklinik   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

intestinal permeability; lactulose mannitol ratio; liver cirrhosis; malnutrition; sugar probe test

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRANSCYTOSIS; ULTRASOUND; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; ATROPHY; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTULOSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERMEABILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867099991     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.104     Document Type: Article

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