Isolated fructose malabsorption.
A patient with isolated fructose malabsorption presented with diarrhoea and colic during the first year of life and subsequently responded to a fructose free diet. Fructose malabsorption has been implicated in some cases of irritable bowel syndrome in adults and may also be an infrequently recognised cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in children.
Wales
J K
JK
Sheffield Children's Hospital, Department of Paediatrics.
Primhak
R A
RA
Rattenbury
J
J
Taylor
C J
CJ
D001944:Breath Tests; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000097:blood; D005633:Fructose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D015318:Fructose Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
D005632:Fructose