An Experimental Model of Prolonged Esophagitis With Sphincter Failure in the Rat and the Therapeutic Potential of Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157
We report a simple novel rat model that combines prolonged esophagitis and parallel sphincters failure. The anti-ulcer gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, which was found to be stable in gastric juice, and is being evaluated in inflammatory bowel disease trials, is an antiesophagitis therapy that reco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319343695 |