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. 1961 Jun;2(2):110–116. doi: 10.1136/gut.2.2.110

The turnover and shedding of epithelial cells

Part I The turnover in the gastro-intestinal tract

B Creamer, R G Shorter, John Bamforth
PMCID: PMC1413255  PMID: 13696345

Abstract

This paper confirms that the epithelial lining of the small intestine is in a state of continuous replacement and demonstrates that the whole of the gastrointestinal epithelium has a similar dynamic equilibrium.

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