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Abstract
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.
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- Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome
- Stagnant Loop Syndrome
- Loop Syndrome, Stagnant
- Loop Syndromes, Stagnant
- Stagnant Loop Syndromes
- Syndrome, Bacterial Overgrowth
- Syndrome, Blind Loop
- Syndrome, Stagnant Loop
- Syndromes, Stagnant Loop
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Malabsorption Syndromes (1966-1968)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Blind Loop Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001765. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001765
- Blind Loop Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_loop_syndrome
- Blind Loop Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2375956