The Malabsorption Syndrome

Absorption and malabsorption of glycine and glycine peptides in man.

“…Though the test has been used sporadically ever since in the investigation of gastrointestinal disease, particularly tropical sprue, pancreatic insufficiency, and intestinal resections (Erf and Rhoads, 1940;West, Wilson, and Eyles, 1946;Drew, Dixon, and Samuel, 1947;Anfanger and Heavenrich, 1949;Althausen, Doig, Uyeyama, and Weiden, 1950;Saint and Weiden, 1952;Butterworth, Santini, and Perez-Santiago, 1958), it has never become generally popular, nor has the similar methionine tolerance test (Harper and Uyeyama, 1948;Althausen, Uyeyama, and Simpson, 1949). The published normal values for both these tests are based on few observations, and in several cases these are quite inadequately reported, only mean values being given.…”