The maladies of malabsorption

Malabsorption syndrome (MAS) is a common condition in India. In Indian adults, tropical sprue and celiac disease are leading causes of MAS. Sometimes, the diagnosis of MAS may pose a challenge due to the varied signs and symptoms. We present a case of MAS in a young female, whose presenting symptoms...

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Autores principales: Patnayak, Rashmi, Suresh, Vaikkakara, Jena, Amitabh, Madhu, Kadiyala, Phaneendra, Bobbit Venkatesh, Reddy, Venkatrami
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27195041
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.181266
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author Patnayak, Rashmi
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Jena, Amitabh
Madhu, Kadiyala
Phaneendra, Bobbit Venkatesh
Reddy, Venkatrami
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description Malabsorption syndrome (MAS) is a common condition in India. In Indian adults, tropical sprue and celiac disease are leading causes of MAS. Sometimes, the diagnosis of MAS may pose a challenge due to the varied signs and symptoms. We present a case of MAS in a young female, whose presenting symptoms were mainly neurological. She was successfully treated under regular follow-up for the past 6 years without any symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-48622972016-05-18 The maladies of malabsorption Patnayak, Rashmi Suresh, Vaikkakara Jena, Amitabh Madhu, Kadiyala Phaneendra, Bobbit Venkatesh Reddy, Venkatrami J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Malabsorption syndrome (MAS) is a common condition in India. In Indian adults, tropical sprue and celiac disease are leading causes of MAS. Sometimes, the diagnosis of MAS may pose a challenge due to the varied signs and symptoms. We present a case of MAS in a young female, whose presenting symptoms were mainly neurological. She was successfully treated under regular follow-up for the past 6 years without any symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4862297/ /pubmed/27195041 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.181266 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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