title: The effect of sucrose malabsorption on the growth pattern in children.
abstract: The clinical significance of sucrose malabsorption in 7 children (5 danish, 2 greenlandic)is discussed. the principal symptom was chronic, watery diarrhea, but meteorismand crying spells were frequent symptoms. the attacks of diarrhea started at thetime sucrose was  introduced into the diet. treatment with a diet poor in sucroseled to immediate relief of all symptoms. charts of the growth pattern were drawnup in 5 cases, and they showed a relative increase in weight and length as a result of dietetic treatment, although the values for both length and weight were within the normal range when treatment was commenced.
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001827:Body Height; D003448:Crying; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000178:diet therapy; D008297:Male; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004187:Disaccharides; D009005:Monosaccharides; D013395:Sucrose