Defining the mesentery as an organ and what this means for understanding its roles in digestive disorders

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Aug;11(8):703-705. doi: 10.1080/17474124.2017.1329010. Epub 2017 May 16.

Authors

J Calvin Coffey^{1

2

3}, D Peter O'leary^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Surgery , University Hospital Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
² b Graduate Entry Medical School , University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
³ c Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (4i) , University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.

PMID: 28482706
DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2017.1329010

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Digestive System Diseases / diagnosis
Digestive System Diseases / physiopathology*
Digestive System Diseases / therapy
Humans
Mesentery / pathology
Mesentery / physiopathology*
Models, Anatomic
Models, Biological
Prognosis