This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...
A 50-year-old woman with Crohn's disease was taken to surgery for multiple strictures of the terminal ileum causing small bowel obstruction. Proximal to the diseased segment there was another diseased ...
The small intestine is composed of duodenum, jejunum and ileum (left). IgA deficiency causes distortion of the gut microbiota, especially in the ileum, and inflammatory cytokines are secreted from T ...
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