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Microbial ecology of the digestive tract

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Preferred term

blind loop syndrome  

Definition

  • Blind loop syndrome: stagnation of intestinal contents, often in a surgically created blind loop or bypassed loop of small bowell or large small-bowell diverticula, with overgrowth of bacteria and malabsorption of nutrients, especially fat and vitamin. (Source : INRA)

Entry terms

  • stagnant loop syndrome

Subject

  • Gastroenterology
  • Human medicine and diseases

preferred label (skos-xl)

In other languages

  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: masculin

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    syndrome de l'anse aveugle

    French

  • syndrome de l'anse borgne
  • syndrome de l'anse stagnante

URI

https://opendata.inra.fr/EMTD/87

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