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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Malabsorption Syndromes > Blind Loop Syndrome
Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Malabsorption Syndromes > Blind Loop Syndrome

Preferred term

Blind Loop Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome
  • Loop Syndromes, Stagnant
  • Loop Syndrome, Stagnant
  • Stagnant Loop Syndrome
  • Stagnant Loop Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Bacterial Overgrowth
  • Syndromes, Stagnant Loop
  • Syndrome, Stagnant Loop

Scope note

  • A malabsorption syndrome that is associated with a blind loop in the upper SMALL INTESTINE that is characterized by the lack of peristaltic movement, stasis of INTESTINAL CONTENTS, and the overgrowth of BACTERIA. Such bacterial overgrowth interferes with BILE SALTS action, FATTY ACIDS processing, MICROVILLI integrity, and the ABSORPTION of nutrients such as VITAMIN B12 and FOLIC ACID.

History note

  • 73(69)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001765

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