SMALL INTESTINAL DISORDERS IN AVITAMINOSIS
Authors: Norman Learner, Herbert M. Stauffer, Charles L. Brown
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 April 1944SMALL INTESTINAL DISORDERS IN AVITAMINOSISNORMAN LEARNER, M.D., HERBERT M. STAUFFER, M.D., CHARLES L. BROWN, M.D., F.A.C.P.NORMAN LEARNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HERBERT M. STAUFFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES L. BROWN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-4-675 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the small intestine constitutes the greatest part of the gastrointestinal tract, it has not received the attention one might expect. The lack of clinical information regarding the small bowel is striking despite the fact that many gastrointestinal symptoms have their origin in disturbed motility of this organ. The principal reason for this is the rarity with which organic lesions affect the small intestine, duodenal ulcer and regional enteritis excepted. Further, although other parts of the gastrointestinal tract can be visualized directly, examination of the small bowel is confined largely to roentgen study.Recent renewed interest in the small intestine...Bibliography1. MCCARRISON R: Studies in deficiency disease, 1921, Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, London. Google Scholar2. GROSS L: Effects of vitamin deficient diet on rats, with special reference to motor functions of intestinal tract in vivo and in vitro, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1924, xxvii, 27-50. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PLUMMER BA: The motility of the intestinal tract in experimental beriberi (rats) and scurvy (guinea pigs), Am. Jr. Physiol., 1927, lxxx, 278-287. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CRANDALLCHESLEYHANSENDUNBAR LAFFDJ: The relationship of the P-P factor to gastro-intestinal motility, Proc. Soc. Exper. 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