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Selected Disorders of Nutrition

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Nutrition disorders seen in primary care are common in the daily medical practice, either in the inpatient or outpatient setting. The assessment and management of nutritional disorders are linked to intestinal and liver disorders that interfere with the nutrient metabolism, affecting the overall care of the patient. Malabsorption of nutrients in the human body causes multiple symptoms and signs such as diarrhea, musculoskeletal, neurological, skin, and mucous membrane pathology resulting in weight loss, weakness, malnutrition, and electrolyte abnormalities.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 983075 Nebr Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-3075, USA

    Douglas J. Inciarte

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Paul M. Paulman

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Robert B. Taylor

  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Audrey A. Paulman

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Laeth S. Nasir

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Inciarte, D.J. (2017). Selected Disorders of Nutrition. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04414-9_130

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