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Histological changes in the colonic mucosa following irrigation with short-chain fatty acids

DOI

62

Citations

0

References

1997

Year

Wolfgang Scheppach, Justus Gottfreid Müller, Frank Boxberger, Gerda Dusel, Frank Richter, H. Bartram, Stefan U. Christl, Carl‐Erik Dempfle, H. Kasper
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Abstract

SCFAs and butyrate have a more marked effect on crypt cell proliferation than on parameters of inflammation in patients with active ulcerative colitis.