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Disaccharidase Activity as a Diagnostic Criterion for the Mucosa of the Small Intestine
- By Scott Adams
- Published 07/26/1996
- Casein / Cows Milk Intolerance and Celiac Disease
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Scott Adams
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Disaccharidase Activity as a Diagnostic Criterion for the Mucosa of the Small Intestine
TI- Disaccharidasen-Aktivitaten als Beurteilungskriterium
der Dunndarmschleimhaut.
AU- Stern M; Plettner C
JN- Monatsschr Kinderheilkd; 131 (5) p264-8
PY- May 1983
AB- Activities of lactase, sucrase, and maltase were determined in small intestinal biopsies of 125 children with Coeliac disease, cows milk protein intolerance, transient gluten intolerance, nonspecific enteropathies, and controls. Four cases of primary disaccharidase deficiencies could be identified. In the enteropathies, morphometric data were more closely correlated to the degree of the mucosal lesion (r = -0.92 for crypt depth) than were disaccharidase activities (r = 0.61 for lactase). In a stepwise discriminate analysis of the patient groups, based upon immunological, morphometric, and biochemical variables, lactase activity was a valuable secondary criterion, ranking third among the variables used.
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