[The effects of chronic alcohol abuse on morphology and function of the gastrointestinal tract].
In this review we described the effects of chronic alcohol consumption upon the morphology and function of the gastrointestinal tract. Especially the attention was paid to the motility disorders, their pathogenesis and influence on symptoms occurrence and systemic consequences of alcoholism. Some recent publications, concerning the role of neuroendocrine small intestine system and ileum as an extrahepatic source of cytokine production in alcoholics, were reviewed.
Kłopocka
Maria
M
Kliniki Gastroenterologii, Chorób Naczyń i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Akademii Medycznej w Bydgoszczy. mariaklopocka@wp.pl
Budzyński
Jacek
J
Swiatkowski
Maciej
M
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans