Lipid, nitrogen, water and energy content of a single stool sample in healthy children and children with cystic fibrosis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 764-766

  Van Den Neucker, Anita Maria ^a   Forget, Pierre Philippe ^a   Van Kreel, Bernard ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood; Laboratory diagnosis; Pancreatic insufficiency; Steatorrhoea

Indexed keywords

LIPID; NITROGEN; PANCREAS ENZYME; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEATORRHEA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0242404303     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1291-y     Document Type: Article

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