Environmental Enteropathy in Undernourished Pakistani Children: Clinical and Histomorphometric Analyses
Syed S, Yeruva S, Herrmann J, Sailer A, Sadiq K, Iqbal N, Kabir F, Ahmed K, Qureshi S, Moore SR, Turner J, Ali SA. Environmental Enteropathy in Undernourished Pakistani Children: Clinical and Histomorphometric Analyses. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2018, 98: 1577-1584. PMID: 29611507, PMCID: PMC6086170, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCeliac diseaseUnderwent upper endoscopyB cell aggregatesHost disease patientsUse therapeutic foodAge-matched specimensResource-poor countriesT lymphocytosisIntraepithelial lymphocytosisDuodenal biopsiesUpper endoscopyVillous atrophyLymphocytic activationEnvironmental enteropathyImmunological featuresDisease patientsMalnourished infantsHealthy controlsNutritional supplementationNutrition interventionsT lymphocytesLamina propriaInsufficient responseTherapeutic foodBirth cohort