Lymphoreticular dysfunction in idiopathic steatorrhoea.

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EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS Lymphoreticular function has been studied by measurement of the size of the spleen, by lymph node histology, red cell survival studies, and by antibody formation.Evidence of lymphoreticular atrophy was found in four out of 25 patients with idiopathic steatorrhoea but wr s not found among 29 patients with coeliac disease.Spleen size Spleen size was studied in 21 of the patients with idiopathic steatorrhoea and in 24 of the 140 on July 11,