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Taylor & Francis Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood Fourth Edition 1999 by John Walker-Smith, Simon Murch
Provides a review of diseases of the small intestine in children, with an emphasis upon a discussion of their causes, clinical manifestations and the newer techniques which are used in diagnosis as well as modern methods of management. The book will be of value to the consultant paediatrician and paediatric surgeon as well as to the paediatric registrar and house officer as a practical guide to their understanding of these diseases. It is also intended for adult physicians, gastroenterologists and surgeons who wish to survey the clinical spectrum of disease of the small intestine in childhood. Table of contents : - 1. General introduction 2. THE STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS 3. Architecture and matrix of the small intestine 4. Enterocyte proliferations and functions 5. The immune system of the small intestine 6. Mechanisms of malabsorption and secretion 7. THE CLINICAL PROBLEMS 8. Clinical and laboratory assessment 9. Gastroenteritis and its sequelae 10. Parasitic infection 11. Gastrointestinal food allergy 12. Coeliac disease 13. Intractable diarrhoea 14. Crohn's disease and abdominal tuberculosis 15. Surgically correctable lesions of the small intestine 16. Necrotizing enterocolitis 17. The short bowel syndrome and small intestinal transplantation 18. Disturbances of small intestinal motility 19. Miscellaneous disorders of the small intestine 20. Appendix: special milks