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Per fusion studies in man show that fructose absorption is relatively efficient. Observations in patients with a portal collateral circulation and at laparotomy have shown that this is not due to its conversion into glucose and lactate in the intestinal mucosa.
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Holdsworth et al. (1965) studied this question.
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