Conclusions
The rapidity with which unaltered protein is absorbed following its oral administration is directly influenced by the degree of gastric acidity. In patients with hyperacidity the absorption of unaltered protein is definitely retarded. In the presence of hypoacidity the absorption is accelerated.
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From the Clinics of Gastro-enterology and Applied Immunology of the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn.
Read at the 38th Annual Session of the American Gastro-enterological Association, Atlantic City, N. J., June 10–11, 1935.
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Gray, I., Walzer, M. Studies in absorption of undigested proteins in human beings. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 3, 403–404 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999161
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