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Increased protein absorption after acute gastroenteritis in children
Author(s) -
Holm S,
Andersson Y,
Gothefors L,
Lindberg T
Publication year - 1992
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.1651-2227.1992.tb12305.x
Subject(s) - acute gastroenteritis , medicine , rotavirus , acute phase protein , lactalbumin , absorption (acoustics) , gastroenterology , diarrhea , pediatrics , inflammation , food science , biology , physics , acoustics
We investigated the intestinal absorption of the macromolecule human ot‐lactalbumin during and after an episode of acute gastroenteritis in children. Twenty children were studied in the acute phase and 17 excreted rotavirus. Eleven children were studied again 5–8 weeks later (convalescent phase). Human α‐lactalbumin serum concentrations in the acute phase were similar but in the convalescent phase they were significantly ( p <0.001) higher than those in the reference children. The serum concentrations were also higher in the convalescent than in the acute phase ( p = 0.021). This study suggests that there is an increased absorption of proteins from the gut into the circulation 5–8 weeks after rotavirus gastroenteritis.