Title Malabsorption Syndrome (November 2008).pptx ✅

Definition Malabsorption is defined as pathological interference in the normal process of mucosal absorption and transport leading to defective absorption of nutrients Maldigestion is defined as defective hydrolysis of nutrients Christoph Högenauer ,Heinz F. Hammer. Adapted from Feldman: Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed.