Intestinal Mucosa and its Diseases - Pathophysiology and Clinics [Hardcover]

These proceedings of Falk Symposium 110 on `Intestinal Mucosa and its Diseases - Pathophysiology and Clinics' held at Titisee/Black Forest, Germany, 16-17 October 1998, comprehensively review salient clinical as well as scientific aspects - pending or settled - of the main intestinal diseases. In particular, chapters deal with infectious and neuroendocrine diarrhoeas, coeliac sprue, allergic enteropathy, intestinal lymphomas, colorectal carcinomas, and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, in terms of clinical presentation as well as underlying mechanisms. This book therefore aims to bridge the gaps between basic science and clinics for the eventual treatment of patients afflicted with these diseases.List of Principal Authors. Preface. Section I: Epithelial Transport and Diarrhoea. 1. Mechanisms of Intestinal Absorption and Secretion: An abbreviated review and update; E.B. Chang, C. Bookstein. 2. Epithelial Transport Changes in Experimental Inflammation; M.C. Berin, et al. 3. Enteropathogens and the Epithelial Proinflammatory Program; M.F. Kagnoff, L. Eckmann. 4. Enteropathogens and Diarrhae: The Role of Nerves and Mast Cells in Toxin-Mediated Diarrheas; J.T. LaMont, C. Pothoulakis. 5. Diarrhea in Neuroendocrine Disorders; R.T. Jensen. 6. Antidiarrheal Therapy; G.J. Krejs. Section II: Transport Proteins and Intestinal Diseases. 7. Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of Epithelial Transporters: Renal Na+P1-cotransport as an Example; J.