title: The pathophysiology of diarrhea.
abstract: Diarrhea is a very common event after transplantation, but its cause may be difficult to identify. The first step in determining the cause in any particular case is an understanding of the etiology of diarrhea in general. Although diarrhea often is categorized into such types as secretory versus osmotic, or electrolyte transport-related versus motility-related, a thorough understanding of the problem requires knowledge of how the paracrine, immune, nervous and endocrine systems react to each other as well as to infection, drugs or other stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030, USA. joseph.h.sellin@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sellin
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance