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Article: Growth Factor Supresses Intestinal Lesions.(hepatocyte growth factor suppresses inflammatory bowel disease)
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatocyte growth factor has been used successfully to suppress inflammatory bowel disease.
Findings from a study of the treatment were reported at the 1999 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease "have forgotten what it's like to feel well," Marshall Z. Schwartz, MD, FACS, said.
Patients with the disease, which includes chronic ulceratic cholitis and Crohn's disease, have bouts of crampy abdominal pain, frequent diarrhea, and mucus and blood in their stools. These patients often experience weight loss and have little or no appetite. Because of the ...