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medical illustration of Immature intestinal digestive and immune function increases the risk for NEC, which can lead to intestinal resection and SBS. Prolonged parenteral nutrition resulting from GI disease or other clinical morbidities increases the risk for PNALD. Published in: Burrin et al. 2020. Translational Advances in Pediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology: New Insights from Pig Models. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. Vol. 8:321-354. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115142
Next medical illustration of Illustrated is the influence of total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a common clinical practice in hospitalized preterm infants. Also shown is the influence of surgical resection of intestine, which occurs due to congenital and acquired GI diseases. Adobe Illustrator. Published in Burrin et al. (2020), Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology v8. Keywords: vector, villi, crypt, immune, epithelial, endocrine, goblet, blood, vein, vessel, lymph, nerve, neuron, muscle mucous, lumen, gut

Intestinal Mucosal Adaptation

Immature intestinal digestive and immune function increases the risk for NEC, which can lead to intestinal resection and SBS. Prolonged parenteral nutrition resulting from GI disease or other clinical morbidities increases the risk for PNALD. Published in: Burrin et al. 2020. Translational Advances in Pediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology: New Insights from Pig Models. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. Vol. 8:321-354. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115142

Keywords: Information Graphics, Medical Malpractice, Patient Education, Research, Disease Management, Gastroenterology, Maternal / Child, Obstetrics / Gynecology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Biology

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