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The Fifth Annual Rome Foundation — AGA Institute Lectureship at Digestive Disease Week 2012

May 22, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA

The Rome Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) were pleased to announce their 5th annual lectureship at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW). The lectureship is designed to address broad aspects of health care that are relevant to digestive diseases and the functional GI disorders.


Learning Objectives:

  • Review the current understanding of the regulation of intestinal permeability in health.
  • Discuss pathophysiologic mechanisms involving intestinal barrier function in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
  • Understand the ways in which altered intestinal barrier function translate into functional GI symptoms.