| Literature DB >> 7117075 |
F Senegas-Balas, M J Bastie, D Balas, J Escourrou, G Bommelaer, C Bertrand, Y Arany, A Ribet.
Abstract
From 16 volunteers with chronic pancreatitis and 36 healthy subjects duodenal biopsies were taken 15--20 cm beyond the papilla of Vater. Several morphometric parameters were calculated. The main results show: a significant decrease of villous area and height but not of the number of intestinal villi; a significant increase of Paneth cells; and a slight decrease in the number of glandular mitoses. This study suggests in man, a possible relationship between exocrine pancreatic secretion and the intestinal mucosa and a trophic action of pancreatic juice on the proliferation and the differentiation of the intestinal mucosa.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7117075 DOI: 10.1007/bf01316576
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dig Dis Sci ISSN: 0163-2116 Impact factor: 3.199