Intestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Clinical Review.
Sakkas LI, Simopoulou T, Daoussis D, Liossis SN, Potamianos S.
Sakkas LI, et al.
Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Apr;63(4):834-844. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-4977-8. Epub 2018 Feb 21.
Dig Dis Sci. 2018.
PMID: 29464583
Review.
The pathogenesis of intestinal involvement includes vascular damage, nerve dysfunction, smooth muscle atrophy, and fibrosis, causing hypomotility, which leads to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), malabsorption, malnutrition, diarrhea, pseudo-obstruction, con …
The pathogenesis of intestinal involvement includes vascular damage, nerve dysfunction, smooth muscle atrophy, and fibrosis, causing hypomot …