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Deficiency of epithelial basement membrane laminin in ulcerative colitis affected human colonic mucosa
Imbalances in epithelium-matrix interactions have been discussed as a pathomechanism in ulcerative colitis, causing a colonic mucosal barrier dysfunction. Laminin, the major noncollagenous component of the bas...
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Increased lipid utilization in weight losing and weight stable cancer patients with normal body weight
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Use of a receiver operating characteristic in the evaluation of two commercial enzyme immunoassays for detection ofHelicobacter pylori infection
Two novel commercial IgG enzyme immunoassay (EIA) systems based on acid-glycine-extracted (Pyloriset IgG EIA, Orion Diagnostica) or fast protein liquid chromatography-purified (Cobas Core Anti-H. pylori EIA, Roch...
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The purpose of this article is to present detailed data on the nutritional assessment in cirrhotic patients. The exact frequency and types of malnutrition, its associations with the aetiology of liver disease,...