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| Wayhs,M.L.C.; Patrício,F.S.R.; Amancio,O.M.S.; Pedroso,M.Z.; Fagundes Neto,U.; Morais,M.B.. |
| The present study was designed to assess the intestinal absorption of D-xylose and jejunal morphometry in rats with iron-deficiency anemia. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group (diet containing 50 mg Fe/kg, N = 12) and an anemic group (diet containing <5 mg Fe/kg, N = 12). The animals were housed in individual metabolic cages and deionized water and diet were provided ad libitum for 6 weeks. Hemoglobin and hematocrit were determined at 0, 2, 4, and 6 weeks. At the end of the study the rats were submitted to a D-xylose absorption test (50 mg/100 g body weight) and sacrificed and a jejunal specimen was obtained for morphometric study. At the end of the study the hemoglobin and hematocrit of the anemic rats (8.7 ± 0.9 g/dl and 34.1 ±... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Iron deficiency; Anemia; Jejunal villus height; Jejunal mucosal thickness; Jejunal epithelial surface. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001100006 |
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