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On Oct 27, 1995 21:47:37, 'Ellen Eagan <[log in to unmask]>' wrote:
 
>The test that you are thinking of is the d-xylose test.
 
The other test involves drinking a solution of two sugars, one normally
permeable through the intestinal wall, the other not.  The ratio of these
in the urine distinguishes leaky from tight.
 
Perhaps one of these tests will be relied on in the future for oats
testing, given that currently available antibody tests don't pick up oats.
 
                               Kemp Randolph
                               Long Island
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