title: The turnover and shedding of epithelial cells. I. The turnover in the gastro-intestinal tract.
abstract: This paper confirms that the epithelial lining of the small intestine is in a state of continuous replacement and demonstrates that the whole of the gastrointestinal epithelium has a similar dynamic equilibrium.
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007421:Intestine, Small
keywords: GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM/anatomy and histology