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Coeliac Disease Criticism of the Various Methods of Investigation
Author(s) -
WEIJERS H. A.,
KAMER J. H. VAN DE
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb05562.x
Subject(s) - medicine , absorption (acoustics) , coeliac disease , excretion , feces , endocrinology , disease , biology , paleontology , physics , acoustics
Summary The value is discussed of various methods generally used in the assessment of disturbed fat absorption: microscopical and chemical determination of fat in faeces, expressed or not with regard to dry substance or calculated as coefficient of absorption, the measuring of a lipaemia or the determination of a vitamin A tolerance curve. Only the coefficient of absorption appears to be a good standard of measurement for the judging of disturbed fat absorption. To explain steatorrhoea besides an absorption disturbance, fat excretion in the intestines must also be taken into account.