Concept information
Preferred term
Sprue, Tropical
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Idiopathic Tropical Malabsorption Syndrome
Note
- note "tropical": do not confuse with non-tropical sprue which is CELIAC DISEASE
Scope note
- A chronic malabsorption syndrome, occurring mainly in residents of or visitors to the tropics or subtropics. The failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION of nutrients from the SMALL INTESTINE results in MALNUTRITION and ANEMIA that is due to FOLIC ACID deficiency.
In other languages
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Finnish
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sprue NAS
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sprue tropica
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steatorrhoea tropica
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tarkemmin määrittämätön sprue
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trooppinen rasvaripuli
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Swedish
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Tropisk sprue
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013182
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