[Age-dependent structural-functional characteristics of the small intestine in rats born to females with chronic toxic hepatitis].

In 60 baby-rats born to pregnant animals with toxic hepatitis, the development and process of forming of the small intestine was studied together with a number of morphometric and functional parameters. In a comparative investigation, the intrauterine development of the animals, of their small intestine, other parameters studied were found out to have lagged behind. Going further into the organ structures development and formation we succeeded in identifying significant differences in parameters for villi and crypts, the absorbing surface, enzymatic system of the small intestine in those animals born to mothers having had toxic hepatitis during pregnancy.