Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood

1. General introduction 2. THE STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS 3. Architecture and matrix of the small intestine 4. Enterocyte proliferations and functions 5. The immune system of the small intestine 6. Mechanisms of malabsorption and secretion 7. THE CLINICAL PROBLEMS 8. Clinical and laboratory assessment 9. Gastroenteritis and its sequelae 10. Parasitic infection 11. Gastrointestinal food allergy 12. Coeliac disease 13. Intractable diarrhoea 14. Crohn's disease and abdominal tuberculosis 15. Surgically correctable lesions of the small intestine 16. Necrotizing enterocolitis 17. The short bowel syndrome and small intestinal transplantation 18. Disturbances of small intestinal motility 19. Miscellaneous disorders of the small intestine 20. Appendix: special milks