Differentiation of osmotic and secretory diarrhoea by stool carbohydrate and osmolar gap measurements

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-205

  Castro Rodriguez, José Antonio ^a,b   Salazar Lindo, Eduardo ^a   León Barúa, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Instituto Médico Infantil   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate malabsorption; Diarrhoea; Faecal osmolar gap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; MALE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATORRHEA;

EID: 0030846032     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.3.201     Document Type: Article

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