Impaired Colonic Contractility and Intestinal Permeability in Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease
Annamaria Altomare

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1* Manuele Gori,
1,2 Silvia Cocca,
1 Simone Carotti,
3,4 Maria Francesconi,
3 Mentore Ribolsi,
1 Sara Emerenziani,
1 Giuseppe Perrone,
4 Sergio Morini,
3 Michele Cicala,
1 and Michele P L Guarino
11Gastroenterology Unit, Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy; 2Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy; 3Microscopic and Ultrastructural Anatomy Unit, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy; and 4Predictive Molecular Diagnostic Division, Department of Pathology, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy
Correspondence to: Annamaria Altomare, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology Unit, Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-3336487409, E-mail:
a.altomare@unicampus.it