Malabsorption Syndrome Caused by a Combination of Blind Loop Syndrome and Thyrotoxicosis
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Blind loop syndrome in children. Malabsorption secondary to intestinal stasis.
In experimental animals and in man, stasis of intestinal contents, particularly in the proximal portion of the small bowel, may produce malabsorption (Donaldson, 1964; Hoet and Eyssen, 1964). The syndrome originally described by Cannon and Murphy (1906) referred to the clinical picture produced by stasis consequent to a side-to-side intestinal anastomosis. The term 'blind loop syndrome' now is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577106401047