Daily Urinary Excretion of Folic Acid in Normal Subjects and in Patients with Tropical Sprue

Rafael Santini Jr. U.S. Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico

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Thomas W. Sheehy U.S. Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico

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Josefina Aviles U.S. Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico

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Ivonne Davila U.S. Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1962.11.421
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Volume 11: Issue 3
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421–422
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Summary

In 21 untreated and 7 treated patients with sprue and 12 normal persons the average daily urinary excretion of folic acid was found to be 2.0 ± 0.9, 3.4 ± 1.5 and 5.6 ± 1.4 micrograms, respectively. The difference between the average amounts excreted by the sprue patients and the control group is statistically significant.

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Published Online:
May 1962
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

Expert Committee on Hepatitis

First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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