The stomach in tropical sprue.

Supriya Vaish, J Sampathkumar, R A Jacob, Simon Baker

Gut · 1965 · 35 citations · 26 references

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EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS The authors describe the results of a study of the gastric secretion and gastric histology of 15 control subjects and 30 patients with tropical sprue. Patients with sprue show a marked depression of gastric secretion and varying degrees of gastritis as compared with control subjects. There is no relation between the severity of the gastric lesion and the severity of the intestinal lesion. The possible aetiology of the gastritis is discussed.

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