The effects and treatment of malabsorption in childhood will obviously vary according to the nature and severity of the underlying cause, and the age of the child. This paper describes briefly the general nutritional effects with particular reference to coeliac disease, which is one of the most common causesof malabsorption in Western countries (Anderson, 1966), and discusses some of the types ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether bile acid malabsorption assessed by the 75SeHCAT test, had a pathogenetic role in functional chronic diarrhoea and to ascertain whether the small bowel transit time (SBTT) could be correlated with the 75SeHCAT test results. The test was based on the counting of the abdominal retention of a 75-selenium labelled homotaurocholic acid. The 75SeHCAT ...

Reoviruses are important pathogens responsible for poor growth performance and silent losses in the poultry industry. They are associated with many disease and syndromes such as malabsorption (runting and stunting syndrome), respiratory diseases and immunosuppression. Broiler birds are most susceptible to viral infections during the early post hatching period. Therefore, the transfer of materna...

In 1971 Johanson and Blizzard' reported a new syndrome in three unrelated girls characterised by congenital aplasia of the alae nasi, deafness, hypothyroidism, dwarfism, absent permanent teeth, and malabsorption. Children with this syndrome had been described earlier by Morris and Fisher in 19672 and Townes in 19693 as examples of trypsinogen deficiency disease. Townes and White4 subsequently r...

Bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome (BBOS) is an important cause of gastrointestinal (GI) abnormalities. Proinflammatory cytokines (PICs) are excessively produced and accumulate because of kidney failure in dialysis patients who experience chronic infections such as BBOS. We explored the association between GL function, BBOS, and the malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis (MIA) syndrom...

OBJECTIVE To promote a clinical entity that could be part of differential diagnosis of most disorders that affect the pediatric age group. DESCRIPTION We describe a Brazilian girl affected by Johanson-Blizzard syndrome and review the literature. COMMENTS Johanson-Blizzard syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by hypoplastic alae nasi, scalp defect, deafness and pancreat...