Gastroenterology clinics of North America : chronic diarrhea /

Cole, Jason A.

Gastroenterology clinics of North America : chronic diarrhea / Jason A. Cole [and twenty others]. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Saunders, c2012 - x, 715 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Volume 41 : Number 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The practical value of comprehensive stool analysis in detecting the cause of idiopathic chronic diarrhea -- Colorectal normal histology and hispathologic findings in patients with chronic diarrhea -- Bacterial flora as a cause or treatment of chronic diarrhea -- Diarrhea caused by circulating agents -- Diarrhea caused by carbohydrate malabsorption -- Functional diarrhea -- Celiac disease -- Diarrhea in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases -- Diarrhea in the immunocompromised patient

Dr. Hammer has assembled a international list of authors who fully update the topic of chronic diarrhea, from examining the causes of diarrhea (and the appropriate treatments) to various diagnostic tools. Among the topics covered are bacterial flora as a cause or treatment, the value of fecal analysis in the evaluation, circulating secretagogues, functional diarrhea, celiac disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, diarrhea as a symptom of food intolerance, immunosuppression and immune-deficiency, and chronic diarrhea in the developing world

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CHRONIC DISEASES

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