Serotonin and Melatonin in Human Lower Gastrointestinal Tract [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Background and Aims. Melatonin is a ubiquitous hormone produced not only by the pineal gland but also by other organs and tissues. It is involved in the regulation of several gastrointestinal functions.
Rosa Vaccaro +5 more
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Appendiceal hemorrhage: An uncommon cause of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding and intraluminal contrast extravasation [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeds due to appendiceal hemorrhage are extremely rare. This emergency condition requires a multidisciplinary approach to not only give a prompt diagnosis and exclude differential diagnosis but also crucial to proceed with ...
Le Thanh Dung, MD +7 more
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus native valve endocarditis possibly originating from the lower gastrointestinal tract [PDF]
IDCases, 2020 Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a common pathogen associated with uncomplicated urinary tract infection in young women and commonly colonizes in the lower gastrointestinal tract as commensal bacterium.
Sho Nishimura +2 more
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Diagnosis by Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Sampling through the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration/biopsy (EUS-FNA/FNB) is very safe and has a high diagnostic rate for upper gastrointestinal lesions, especially pancreatic lesions, but its application in the lower gastrointestinal tract has rarely ...
Jingyuan Wang +5 more
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Preventive effect of rebamipide on NSAID-induced lower gastrointestinal tract injury using FAERS and JADER [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used for their antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties. However, various aspects of NSAID-induced lower gastrointestinal tract injury remain unclear, and effective prophylaxis has
Toru Imai +4 more
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Physiology of lower gastrointestinal tract. [PDF]
Aliment Pharmacol TherSummaryBackgroundThe lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract, formed from the midgut and hindgut, encompasses the colon, rectum and anal canal.AimThe aim of this review is to provide an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the lower GI tract.MethodsLiterature review on anatomy and physiology of the lower GI tract, including normal motility and phases of
Santucci NR, Velez A.
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Drug Disposition in the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract: Targeting and Monitoring [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2021 The increasing prevalence of colonic diseases calls for a better understanding of the various colonic drug absorption barriers of colon-targeted formulations, and for reliable in vitro tools that accurately predict local drug disposition.
Glenn Lemmens +4 more
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Reduced Intravenous Fluorescein Dose for Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2021 Background/Aims Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) requires the administration of intravenous (IV) fluorescein. This study aimed to determine the optimal dose of IV fluorescein for both upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract pCLE ...
Kazuya Inoki +17 more
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Colonoscopic Findings in Patients with Bleeding Per-rectum in Colonoscopy Center at Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq [PDF]
Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Rectal bleeding is commonly seen in daily practice. The colonoscopy is an essential diagnostic tool in detecting the various causes of this clinical entity.Objectives: We aimed to detect the different pathological lesions in patients with ...
Mahmood Khudhur, Ali Al Dabbagh
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Isolated rectal tuberculosis in immunocompetent host
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2021 Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth most common site for extrapulmonary TB. Ileocecal region is the most common site for it, and its incidence reduces as we move proximally and distally from it.
Piyush Manoria +2 more
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