A top to bottom look at inflammation throughout the gastrointestinal tract

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A top to bottom look at inflammation throughout the gastrointestinal tract

6 May 2020

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Wednesday 6 May 2020, 12:45 AM

Oesophageal candidiasis and Circumferential ulceration in the midoesophagus,

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Inflammatory processes caused by pathogens, damaged cells or irritants occur at all levels of the gastrointestinal tract, from the oral to anorectal mucosa. In this article, gastroenterologist Alan Fraser brings together many loosely connected ideas and diagnoses that tend to be left out of other topics

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