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  • Title: [Diagnosis of carbohydrate malabsorption].
    Author: Douwes AC, Fernandes J.
    Journal: Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd; 1981 Feb; 49(1):20-5. PubMed ID: 7268753.
    Abstract:
    After a review of causes and symptoms of sugar malabsorption and the usual diagnostic methods, the application is described of a recently developed procedure with high specificity and sensitivity: the hydrogen breath test. Examination of a large number of children shows that its sensitivity is higher than that of the procedures used so far, that lactose malabsorption is present in over 30% of the children with recurrent abdominal pain and/or diarrhoea; that in contrast to the prevailing opinion, malabsorption of sucrose in children is rare.
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