Abstract
Patients with celiac disease are unable to absorb vitamin A normally and when given a large amount of vitamin A by mouth do not show an increase in the blood vitamin A equal to that of a group of children with other diseases. This inability of the patient with celiac disease to absorb vitamin Ais usually associated with a flat sugar tolerance curve, increased per cent of fat in stools, and low carotenoid pigments in the blood. This inability to absorb vitamin A normally, although characteristic ofceliac disease, does occur in other diseases and is, therefore, not pathognomonic of celiac disease. Patients with celiac disease are unable to absorb vitamin A normally and when given a large amount of vitamin A by mouth do not show an increase in the blood vitamin A equal to that of a group of children with other diseases. This inability of the patient with celiac disease to absorb vitamin Ais usually associated with a flat sugar tolerance curve, increased per cent of fat in stools, and low carotenoid pigments in the blood. This inability to absorb vitamin A normally, although characteristic ofceliac disease, does occur in other diseases and is, therefore, not pathognomonic of celiac disease.
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