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Helmut Ammon, MD

Helmut Ammon, MD

Professor

Locations

Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Education

University of Munich Medical School, 1963

Fasting and postprandial hepatic bile flow in unanesthetized opossums.

(Takahashi I, Kern MK, Dodds WJ, Hogan WJ, Layman RD, Ammon HV.) Am J Physiol. 1990 Nov;259(5 Pt 1):G745-52.
Cl- secretion induced by bile salts. A study of the mechanism of action based on a cultured colonic epithelial cell line.

(Dharmsathaphorn K, Huott PA, Vongkovit P, Beuerlein G, Pandol SJ, Ammon HV.) J Clin Invest. 1989 Sep;84(3):945-53.
Spontaneous tube extrusion following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

(Behrle KM, Dekovich AA, Ammon HV.) Gastrointest Endosc. 1989 Jan-Feb;35(1):56-8.
Effects of oral laxatives on colonic motor complexes in dogs.

(Karaus M, Sarna SK, Ammon HV, Wienbeck M.) Gut. 1987 Sep;28(9):1112-9.
Acid pH enhances the effects of taurodeoxycholate on water and solute transport in the human and rat jejunum.

(Ammon HV, Amarnani NH, Loeffler RF.) Pflugers Arch. 1987 Aug;409(6):601-6.
Effects of auranofin and myochrysine on intestinal transport and morphology in the rat.

(Ammon HV, Fowle SA, Cunningham JA, Komorowski RA, Loeffler RF.) Gut. 1987 Jul;28(7):829-34.
Effects of taurodeoxycholate on in vivo water and solute transport in rat jejunum in absence and presence of calcium.

(Ammon HV, Cho DS, Loeffler RL, Reetz KL.) Am J Physiol. 1986 Feb;250(2 Pt 1):G248-51.
Protection by dietary proteins against the effects of bile acids on rat jejunum and stomach.

(Kruidenier JF, Ammon HV, Charaf UK, Walter LG.) Gastroenterology. 1985 May;88(5 Pt 1):1183-91.
Effects of sulfodeoxycholate on rat and rabbit small intestine.

(Ammon HV, Tapper EJ, Komorowski RA, Charaf UK, Loeffler RF, Lewand D, Walter LG.) Am J Physiol. 1985 Apr;248(4 Pt 1):G485-93.
The Langenbuch paper. I. An historical perspective and comments of the translators.

(Ammon HV, Hofmann AF.) Gastroenterology. 1983 Dec;85(6):1426-33.
Effects of amphotericin B and cholera toxin on intestinal transport in the rat. An in vivo model for the effects of dihydroxy bile acids and fatty acids on intestinal transport.

(Ammon HV, Walter LG, Loeffler RF.) J Lab Clin Med. 1983 Oct;102(4):509-21.
Comparison of cholesterol and beta-sitosterol: effects on jejunal fluid secretion induced by oleate, and absorption from mixed micellar solutions.

(Slota T, Kozlov NA, Ammon HV.) Gut. 1983 Jul;24(7):653-8.