- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an acquired syndrome of impaired gastrointestinal mucosal barrier function that is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of stunting in early life. It has been conceptualized as an adaptive response to excess environmental pathogen exposure. However, it is clinically similar to other inflammatory enteropathies, which result from both host and environmental triggers, and for which immunomodulation is a cornerstone of therapy. METH...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Journal:
- BMC medicine
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 133
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1741-7015
- ISSN:
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1741-7015
- URN:
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uuid:73aa8a59-2f29-4177-b68f-4b736377ec60
- Source identifiers:
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484449
- Local pid:
- pubs:484449
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2014
Journal article
Mesalazine in the initial management of severely acutely malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
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