MODERN TREATMENT OF THE MALABSORPTION SYNDROME IN ADULTS
Authors: JOHN M. FINLAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 August 1956MODERN TREATMENT OF THE MALABSORPTION SYNDROME IN ADULTSJOHN M. FINLAY, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), KEITH J. R. WIGHTMAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P.JOHN M. FINLAY, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)Search for more papers by this author, KEITH J. R. WIGHTMAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-2-191 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe term "malabsorption syndrome" is used here to include the idiopathic and secondary types of sprue, and emphasizes the fact that a great number of defects in absorption can be demonstrated in these diseases apart from the difficulty in fat absorption which is used to characterize them clinically. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Toronto,*Presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Los Angeles, California, April 16, 1956.From the Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Toronto, Canada.†Senior Fellow in Medical Research of the National Research Council of Canada; Clinical Teacher, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto.The cortisone used in this study was supplied by the National Research Council of Canada.Requests for reprints should be addressed to K. J. R. Wightman, M.D., Department of Therapeutics, 100 College Street, Toronto-5, Ontario. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByComorbidities associated with celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and nonceliac gluten sensitivityRefractory Sprue: Recovery After Removal of Nongluten Dietary ProteinsALFRED L. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P., IRWIN H. 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