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[The intestinal immune system in children and their disorders]
A Votava-Raić1, I Andreis, D Tjesić-Drinković
1Klinika za pedijatriju, Klinicki bolnicki centar, Medicinski fakultet, Salata.
Lijecnicki Vjesnik
|October 14, 1998
Abstract:
The specificities of arrangement and normal function of the intestinal immunological system are presented, and non-immunological and immunological gastrointestinal defense mechanisms are described. Of immunological defense mechanisms, cellular and humoral mechanisms are described separately, and their characteristics in childhood are highlighted. After a general survey of the intestinal immunological system disorders and their role in various diseases, three most frequent such diseases are described in detail: food intolerance, gluten enteropathy and chronic inflammatory bowel disease.