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Idiopathic enteropathy: an evaluation in rural Iran with an appraisal of nutrient loss
- Source :
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 29:169-176
- Publication Year :
- 1976
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1976.
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Abstract
- Idiopathic enteropathy in the rural population of Iran was investigated through evaluation of 100 randomly selected apparently normal subjects. The evaluation included quantitation of the nutrient loss, presence of malabsorption, and small intestinal morphological abnormalities. The results show that: 1) there was no significant loss of major nutrients, 2) severe malabsorption was not present, 3) an enteropathy of unknown etiology was found in nearly one-third of the subjects, and 4) abnormalities in morphology did not necessarily mean presence of malabsorption.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Rural Population
Nutrient loss
medicine.medical_specialty
Malabsorption
Adolescent
Nitrogen
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Iran
Gastroenterology
Sprue, Tropical
Feces
Internal medicine
Intestine, Small
medicine
Humans
Enteropathy
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Aged
Xylose
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Middle Aged
Lipid Metabolism
medicine.disease
Vitamin B 12
Intestinal Absorption
Etiology
Female
business
Rural population
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029165
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....afa8a0719db72df6f5f10ba02453e2b4