Growth faltering in rural Gambian infants is associated with impaired small intestinal barrier function, leading to endotoxemia and systemic inflammation
Campbell DI;Elia M;Lunn PG;;
the journal of nutrition2003Vol. 133pp. -
466
di2003thegrowth
Abstract
Growth faltering of rural Gambian infants is associated with a chronic inflammatory enteropathy of the mucosa of the small intestine that may impair both digestive/absorptive and barrier functions. The aim of this study was to determine whether the enteropathy was associated with a compromised barri …