title: Small bowel review--Part I.
abstract: The small bowel has undergone intense study. Part I of this two-part review of the small bowel focuses on gastrointestinal peptides; intestinal infections and human immunodeficiency virus; drugs; intestinal growth-mucosal proliferation and differentiation; nucleic acids, nucleotides and nucleosides; vitamins and minerals; Whipple's disease; radiation; and early development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton. alan.thomson@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jarocka-Cyrta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000528:radiation effects