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Short bowel syndrome
Disease definition
Short bowel syndrome is an intestinal failure due to either a congenital defect, intestinal infarction or extensive surgical resection of the intestinal tract that results in a functional small intestine of less than 200cm in length and is characterized by diarrhea, nutrient malabsoption, bowel dilation and dysmobility.
ORPHA:104008
Classification level: Group of disorders- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: -
- ICD-10: -
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0036992
- MeSH: D012778
- GARD: 1502
- MedDRA: 10049416
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