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Disease malabsorption syndrome
Phenotype C0267963|exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
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PubMedID- 21659619 Maldigestion due to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency leads to intestinal malabsorption and consequent malnutrition, a mechanism proposed to cause growth retardation associated with cystic fibrosis (cf).
PubMedID- 19804466 No specific branded product or specific delivery system is superior for treatment of fat malabsorption in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
PubMedID- 22416231 Eating was also adversely affected highlighting the other major pathological effect of cf which is on the gastrointestinal system, where 95% of patients show exocrine pancreatic insufficiency with symptoms of malabsorption and constipation (mason, 2005).

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