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Method for the detection of gastric epithelial damage

  • US 5,605,840 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1995
  • Issued: 02/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The use of a disaccharide as a diagnostic marker for indicating the existence or extent of gastric epithelial damage in a patient comprising orally administering to the patient a disaccharide, which does not transport across cell membranes, and which metabolizes to its monosaccharides in the lower intestine, and not in the stomach, and assaying the patient'"'"'s blood or urine for the presence of the disaccharide to determine the existence or extent of gastric epithelial damage.

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