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Intestinal permeability to polyethylene glycol 400 in patients with Crohn's disease

An altered small intestinal permeability has been proposed as an important aetiological factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. The relevant literature was reviewed. Intestinal permeability to Polyethylene glycol 400 in patients with Crohn' s disease, their relatives and healthy controls was examined and the data compared with studies of small bowel permeability to other similar sized probes. A new technique of analysis of urinary Polythylene Glycol 400 by High Performance Liquid Chromatography was described and compared with a previously established HPLC method. No evidence of an altered bowel permeability could be found using Polyethylene glycol 400, but the possibility that this may have been related to probe size and characteristics can not be excluded .

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/25587
Date12 July 2017
CreatorsRuttenberg, David
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MSc
Formatapplication/pdf

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