Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Cystic Fibrosis and Pancreatic Insufficiency

Fat-soluble vitamins in cystic fibrosis.

When cystic fibrosis (CF) was first recognized (Andersen, 1939), symptoms and signs of deficiency of vitamin A were common in infants with the condition. It was realized that pancreatic insufficiency from birth caused fat malabsorption and, therefore, malabsorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. With the use of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy and routine vitamin supplementatio...

prevalence of pancreatic insufficiency & ftt in cystic fibrosis

cystic fibrosis (cf) is an inherited disease that affects multiple organ systems. it is the most common cause of severe progressive lung disease and exocrine panceratic insufficiency. in our investigation 67 patients had cf. of these, 79% had panceratic insufficiency and 92% had lung disease under 2 years age. also 67% of patients were < 2 percentile and 28% between 3-10 percentile weight for a...

Fat-soluble vitamins.

Immunoreactive pancreatic Reg protein in sera from cystic fibrosis patients with and without pancreatic insufficiency.

BACKGROUND The biological function of the Reg protein, a non-enzymic protein produced in fairly large amounts by pancreatic acinar cells, remains elusive. Its susceptibility to proteolysis leading to precipitation of the proteolysis product at neutral pH suggests that it could contribute to the protein plugging observed in cystic fibrosis (CF). AIMS To study its behaviour in the serum of CF p...

The fat-soluble vitamins in poultry nutrition.

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