Publications by authors named "Raquel Pastor"
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- Breath tests using glucose, lactulose, or lactitol help diagnose small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), but they often lack accuracy, leading to incorrect positives in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients.
- The rise in SIBO diagnoses is attributed to the challenges in managing functional intestinal disorders and the availability of these tests.
- The study investigates the relationship between plasmatic levels of Intestinal Fatty-Acid Binding protein (I-FABP) in patients undergoing lactitol testing for SIBO and their clinical characteristics and test outcomes, addressing its potential as a marker for early intestinal damage.
The Neotropical catfish, Corydoras paleatus (Callichthyidae) is a facultative air-breathing teleost that makes use of the caudal portion of the intestine as an accessory air-breathing organ. This portion is highly modified, being well vascularized with capillaries between epithelial cells, which makes it well suited for gas exchange. Instead, the cranial portion is a digestion and absorption site, as it has a typical intestinal epithelium with columnar cells arranged in a single row, villi and less vascularized tunica mucosa.
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