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Sugars, lactic acid and pH in feces of children. A useful diagnostical approach for gastrointestinal disorders?

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The estimation of total sugar, lactic acid and pH and sugar chromatography of the stool was done in 168 normal children and children suffering from malabsorption syndromes and diarrhea. No significant difference of the parameters between normals and patients could be established.

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Im Stuhl von 135 gesunden Frühgeborenen, Neugeborenen, Säuglingen und Kleinkindern und im Stuhl von 28 Kindern mit Diarrhoe wurden bestimmt: Gesamtzuckergehalt, Milchsäurekonzentration, pH und dünnschichtchromatografisch die Zuckerspektren. Es konnte gezeigt werden, daß weder die Altersgruppen untereinander noch die gesunden Kinder gegenüber den Kindern mit Diarrhoe signifikante Unterschiede in einem der untersuchten Parameter boten. Es wird gefolgert, daß die Diagnose einer Zuckermalabsorption aus diesen Parametern nicht zu stellen ist.

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Schaub, J., Lentze, M. Sugars, lactic acid and pH in feces of children. A useful diagnostical approach for gastrointestinal disorders?. Z. Kinder-Heilk. 115, 141–153 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440539

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