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The gastrointestinal system is one of the most complex organ systems in our body. In addition to functioning as a digestive system, the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) houses perhaps the largest repertoire of lymphoid tissue in our body and an extensive network of neuroendocrine cells. Luminal contents are not merely restricted to the food we consume, neither enzymes, nor the products of digestion awaiting absorption or excretion, but a world of microbiota that seem to have a far-reaching effect on our well-being and ill-being. These make the gastrointestinal system one of the most fascinating systems of the human body, a system that continues to remain to be fully explored in health and disease. Pathology, as a science, is uniquely poised to contribute to the understanding of not only diseases that afflict this tract but also, as a corollary, to the normal structure and function.
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Datta Gupta, S., Banerjee, M. (2022). Perspectives in Gastrointestinal Tract Pathology. In: Das, P., Majumdar, K., Datta Gupta, S. (eds) Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6395-6_1
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