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Blood carotene and steatorrhea

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A screening test has been presented for the early diagnosis of the malabsorptive syndromes. The test is based on the simple, rapid determination of the plasma carotene level, which is often found to be low in cases of malabsorption of fat.

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  1. Julius Wenger M.D.

    Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta 19, Ga.

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  1. From the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

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Wenger, J. Blood carotene and steatorrhea. Digest Dis Sci 2, 654–658 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231477

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