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Response to Letter by Dr Patrick J. Kearns
Author(s) -
Shatsky Fred
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/014860719501900122
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , center (category theory) , computer science , crystallography , chemistry
An aseptic model of tissue injury (the induction of abscesses by subcutaneous injections of turpentine) was used to examine the proposal that changes in glutamine metabolism lead to structural damage in the epithelium of the small intestine during the systemic response to injury and to investigate the role of dietary glutamine in the maintenance of mucosal structure in the small intestine of control and injured rats.