Acid steatocrit: A simple, rapid gravimetric method to determine steatorrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 2280-2284

  Amann, Stephen T ^a   Josephson, Steven A ^a   Toskes, Phillip P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES LIPID;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; STEATORRHEA;

ADULT; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030732216     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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