Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a rare type of congenital enteropathy in infants that causes devastating diarrhea and an inability to absorb food. Infants can lose liters of fluid a day, ...

Every cell lining the small intestine bristles with thousands of tightly packed microvilli that project into the gut lumen, forming a brush border that absorbs nutrients and protects the body from ...

Hamilton and McMichael 1 and Matthews 2 have recently suggested mechanisms to explain features of intestinal disaccharide absorption which are dependent on the structure of the microvilli and their ...