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Does super efficient starch absorption promote diverticular disease?

The amount of starch escaping absorption in the small intestine was measured in eight patients with symptomatic diverticular disease and eight controls. Unabsorbed starch was calculated from breath hydrogen measurements after a potato meal compared with the hydrogen response to lactulose. The propor...

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Main Authors: Thornton, J R, Dryden, A, Kelleher, J, Losowsky, M S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1340634/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3089363
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