Sugar Intolerance in Malnourished Infants and Children
- 7 December 1968
- Vol. 4 (5631), 611-613
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5631.611
Abstract
Of 100 malnourished Indian infants and children 50 showed a stool pH below 6. Carbohydrate-loading tests demonstrated intolerance to lactose in 39, to sucrose in 25, and to maltose in 15. D-Xylose absorption was reduced in 16. Steatorrhoea was detected in 7 of 18 children tested. Nutritional recovery reversed the abnormalities in all except four, in whom a primary enzymic deficiency was considered on the basis of persistent lactose intolerance and a positive family history.Keywords
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