Studies in coeliac disease; glucose absorption.

A consecutive series of 46 children suffering from coeliac disease presented an opportunity to study various aspects of this strange condition. The beneficial effect upon fat absorption resulting from a withdrawal of starch from the diet has already been described (Sheldon, 1949), while in a later communication (Sheldon and MacMahon, 1949) the failure to produce a similar response in pancreatic fibrosis was noted, together with the conclusions to be drawn from a study of chylomicron counts in coeliac disease.