Method of treating pancreatic atrophy
AssigneeThe Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Smith, Douglas Wilmore
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating catabolic, gut-associated pathological processes including intestinal mucosal and pancreatic atrophy and enhanced gut permeability, impairment of host defenses and compromised immune function, and for promoting recovery from bone marrow transplantation in an animal, which comprises administering to an animal a therapeutically effective amount of glutamine or an analogue thereof.
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A method of treating pancreatic atrophy in an animal, which comprises administering to said animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of glutamine in an amount greater than that present in the normal diet of said animal.
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