Are intestinal absorption and pancreatic function preserved in anorexia nervosa patients in both a severely malnourished state and after recovery?
In this series, there was neither intestinal absorption nor pancreatic function disturbances in severely malnourished AN patients either before or after weight recovery. The usefulness of these tests in the differentiation of functional versus structural changes needs further studies.
Our data provide evidence for a novel mechanism whereby nifedipine enhances host resistance to intracellular pathogens via limitation of iron availability.