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Review
. 1984 Jan;68(1):77-89.
doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)31242-1.

Alcohol and the gastrointestinal tract

Review

Alcohol and the gastrointestinal tract

E J Burbige et al. Med Clin North Am. 1984 Jan.

Abstract

The effects of acute and chronic ethanol ingestion on esophageal motility and the potential complications of these alterations are reviewed. Injury to the gastric mucosa and the small intestine and alterations in intestinal absorption can also result from alcohol abuse.

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