Severe gastrointestinal illness associated with olestra ingestion [2]

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-96

  Barlam, Tamar F ^a   McCloud, Eric ^b  

^a Center for Science in the Public Interest   (United States)

^b MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; SUCROSE POLYESTER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUCROSE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; COLON RESECTION;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIMETABOLITES; CHILD; COLECTOMY; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; PREDNISONE; SUCROSE;

EID: 0642345914     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200307000-00019     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration. Olestra: final rule. Federal Register 1996;61:3152-4.
3. Cheskin LJ, Miday R, Zorich N, et al. Gastrointestinal symptoms following consumption of olestra or regular triglyceride potato chips. JAMA 1998;279:150-2.
4. Sandler RS, Zorich NL, Filoon TG, et al. Gastrointestinal symptoms in 3181 volunteers ingesting snack foods containing olestra or triglycerides. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:253-61.