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      Intestinal permeability, mucosal injury, and growth faltering in Gambian infants.

      Lancet
      Body Height, Body Weight, Diarrhea, Infantile, complications, Gambia, Growth Disorders, etiology, physiopathology, Humans, Infant, Intestinal Absorption, physiology, Intestinal Mucosa, Lactulose, diagnostic use, Mannitol, Prospective Studies, Rural Health

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          There is controversy over whether children in developing countries can catch up on their growth rates after bouts of diarrhoea. A factor influencing catch-up growth is the extent and duration of mucosal injury. To explore the relation between intestinal disease and growth performance, a non-invasive test of intestinal integrity, the lactulose:mannitol permeability test, was done regularly on children aged 2-15 months, whose growth was monitored over a mean of 7.5 months. The study revealed persistent abnormalities in the small bowel mucosa of 2-15 month old Gambian infants and a negative correlation between these abnormalities and growth. Up to 43% of observed growth faltering can be explained on the basis of these long-term intestinal lesions.

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