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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.
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2 entry terms
- Idiopathic Tropical Malabsorption Syndrome
- Sprue, Tropical
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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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note "tropical": do not confuse with non-tropical sprue which is CELIAC DISEASE
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tropical Sprue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013182. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013182
- Tropical Sprue. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_sprue
- Tropical Sprue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585911