

@article {11020,
	title = {Malabsorption syndrome in ascariasis},
	journal = {The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition},
	volume = {25},
	number = {11},
	year = {1972},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {1276{\textendash}1281},
	abstract = {The effect of Ascaris lumbricoides infection on intestinal absorption was studied in five children hospitalized on a metabolic ward. Absorption studies and peroral jejunal biopsies were performed before and immediately after de-worming. In addition, pre- and posttreatment jejunal biopsy samples were obtained in two other children while they received de-worming treatment at home. In four or five children, there was reduced fecal nitrogen excretion; the mean reduction represented 6.5\% of dietary nitrogen. Steatorrhea was present in four children; de-worming resulted in a mean reduction of fecal fat from 9.9 to 2.3\% of dietary fat. Three children demonstrated an impairment in d-xylose excretion, but only in one did it return to normal following de-worming. The jejunal morphology was found to be abnormal in all seven children. In each case a significant improvement was noted soon after de-worming.The results of this study strongly suggest that there is a cause and effect relationship between Ascaris infection and intestinal lesions in children.},
	url = {http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/25/11/1276.abstract},
	author = {Tripathy, Kshetrabasi and Duque, Edgar and Bola{\~n}os, Oscar and Lotero, Hernan and Mayoral, Luis Guillermo}
}
