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Amyloidosis and the gut

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Amyloid involving the gastrointestinal tract may be deposited anywhere in the mucosa, the blood vessels, or in the muscular layers. It causes derangement of bowel function by direct infiltration or by producing secondary ischemic changes. Impaired motor activity, malabsorption, or infarction of the bowel may result.

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  1. From the Gastrointestinal Unit, Ichilov Municipal Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Tuvia Gilat M. D. & Howard M. Spiro M.D.

  2. The Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

    Tuvia Gilat M. D. & Howard M. Spiro M.D.

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Gilat, T., Spiro, H.M. Amyloidosis and the gut. Digest Dis Sci 13, 619–633 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232969

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