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Clinical Brief

The Effect of Rate of Influx and Concentration on the Absorption Rate of Glucose by the Human Small Intestine

Authors: JULIO GOLDENBERG, MD, ALVIN J. CUMMINS, MD

Abstract

The stomach has an important role in decreasing the concentration of glucose in its contents to deliver a lesser concentration to the small bowel. Therefore these studies are of interest in explaining the malabsorption of glucose in certain instances of operation upon organs of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

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