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Abstract
Minor degrees of folic acid deficiency are very common in idiopathic steatorrhoea. The urinary excretion of formimino-glutamic acid (Figlu) after a histadine load is a satisfactory means of detecting this deficiency and may be used as a screening test for idiopathic steatorrhoea.Entities:
Keywords: GLUTAMATES/urine; SPRUE/urine
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Year: 1962 PMID: 14457354 PMCID: PMC1413307 DOI: 10.1136/gut.3.1.42
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059