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Imaging as predictor of clinical response to teduglutide in adult patients with short bowel syndrome with chronic intestinal failure.

Anna MartinVanessa BoehmMagaly ZappaLore BilliauwsFanny BonvaletAlexandre NuzzoValérie VilgrainFrancisca JolyMaxime Ronot
Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)
Teduglutide induces a significant SB wall thickness increase that can be depicted by imaging <6 mo after treatment initiation, and the degree of such increase may be associated with clinical response. Bowel imaging in response to pharmacologic treatments may represent an important outcome to follow.
Keyphrases
  • high resolution
  • fluorescence imaging
  • optical coherence tomography
  • mass spectrometry
  • photodynamic therapy