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Influence of Very Low-Fat Diets, with and without Gluten, on the Endogenous-Fecal-Fat Excretion of Patients with Tropical Sprue
Conrado F. Asenjo
Conrado F. Asenjo
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition School of Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Puerto Rico and the Medical Research Laboratory, San Patricio Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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R. RodrÃguez-Molina
R. RodrÃguez-Molina
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition School of Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Puerto Rico and the Medical Research Laboratory, San Patricio Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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M. Cancio
M. Cancio
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition School of Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Puerto Rico and the Medical Research Laboratory, San Patricio Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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R. A. Bernabe
R. A. Bernabe
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition School of Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Puerto Rico and the Medical Research Laboratory, San Patricio Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Summary
Fat-balance experiments on patients with tropical sprue and on normal subjects are reported.
All patients studied showed a steatorrhea of exogenous origin resulting from a fat absorption defect and not from an increased excretion of endogenous fecal fat. When these patients received a low-fat diet, their endogenous fecal fat excretion was of about the same magnitude as that of normal subjects.
It was also demonstrated that, under the conditions of this experiment, gluten does not seem to have any effect on the endogenous excretion of fecal fat by tropical-sprue patients.
Author Notes
This investigation was carried out as a cooperative project under a grant from the U. S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Health Research Project A-889.
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