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Jejunal water and sodium secretion occurs in chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
D D Rolston1, J B Hunt, P D Fairclough
1Department of Gastroenterology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, U.K.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
We observed jejunal water and sodium secretion in two patients with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction by standard perfusion techniques. The ability of glucose to reverse this secretory state was impaired. These observations suggest that a jejunal secretory state may contribute to the diarrhea in chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.