
A group of 20 South Indian children with tropical sprue is described. The disease occurs in endemic and epidemic forms, and there is no clinically detectable difference between the two. The disease in children is similar to that in adults, although the incidence among children in epidemics is lower. The children had multiple absorptive defects, radiological abnormalities, and histological Adrenal Steroids in the Treatment of the Malabsorption Syndrome DAVID ADLERSBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.* INCREASING evidence supports the concept that tropical sprue, non tropical sprue, often referred to as the idiopathic steatorrhea syndrome, and celiac disease of childhood are clinical varieties of the same metabolic disorder, primary or idiopathic malabsorption syndrome. A Report on Researches on Sprue in Ceylon, 1912-1914, London, Cambridge University Press, 1915. 7. Scott, H. H.: An Investigation into an Acute Outbreak of Central Neuritis,Ann. Trop. Med. 12:109, 1918. 8. Moore, D. G. F.: Partial Loss of Central Acuity of Vision for Reading and for Distance in School Children and Its Possible Summary. It is proposed that the columnar epithelial tissue covering the inner surface of the small intestine is in a state of dynamic equilibrium. The total mass of the epithelial cells remains constant while the individual cells are continually lost and replaced. Comenzi telefonice: 021 210 89 08/ 021 210 89 28. Login; Cont nou; Cos 0 444 Tropical sprue was first discussed in the English language Hillary in 1759, when small bowel disease was generally ignored (Mathan 1973, p. 978). This attitude persisted for a century and a half; one physician, Dr. Evan Evans, is quoted Crohn, a student of his, as stating, around 1906, "There are no diseases of the small intestine, and what is more, we know nothing about them A Report on Researches on Sprue in Ceylon: 1912-1914. P. H. Bahr. This book presents the findings of an investigation into outbreaks of tropical sprue, an intestinal inflammation, (1873 1943) overcame initial prejudice and established two military hospitals in France in the period 1914 15. Zusammenfassung. Aus den au