Rhamnose Is Superior to Mannitol as a Monosaccharide in the Dual Sugar Absorption Test: A Prospective Randomized Study in Children With Treatment-Naïve Celiac Disease

• Main Authors: Lori R. Holtz (Author), Julie Hoffmann (Author), Laura Linneman (Author), Mai He (Author), Thomas C. Smyrk (Author), Ta-Chiang Liu (Author), Nurmohammad Shaikh (Author), Cynthia Rodriguez (Author), Roy B. Dyer (Author), Ravinder J. Singh (Author), William A. Faubion (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background and AimWe sought to correlate two different measures of gut permeability [lactulose:mannitol (L:M) and lactulose:rhamnose (L:R)] to the severity of duodenal histopathology in children with and without elevated antibodies to tissue transglutaminase (tTG). A secondary objective was to corre...