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Several reports have been published commending the use of 14C-labelled triglyceride breath tests in the assessment of fat malabsorption. We report further studies using gyceryl [14C]tripalmitate. Corrections for age, weight or metabolic rate failed to improve the test's ability to discriminate between malabsorbers and control subjects. A correction for respiratory quotient improved the linear correlation observed between the breath test results and daily faecal fat excretion. The significance of these findings is discussed and a number of problems identified which, at present, are preventing the introduction of breath tests for fat malabsorption into routine clinical practice.
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
January 1968,
Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
February 1977,
Lancet (London, England),
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
May 1981,
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
November 1986,
Gut,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
July 1973,
British medical journal,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
January 1986,
International archives of occupational and environmental health,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
January 1977,
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R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
January 1978,
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R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
November 1989,
Gut,
R C Strange, and
J Reid, and
D Holton, and
N P Jewell, and
I W Percy-Robb
January 1998,
Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation,
