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What diseases would cause nutrients to not be fully absorbed in the stomach?
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A few causes.: Most nutrient are not absorbed in the stomach, that is the job of the small intestine. Many diseases cause malnutrition by disturbing small intestine or by altering transit time - crohn's disease, gluten enteropathy, allergy, intestinal lymphoma, pernicious anemia, pancreatic disease.
Answered 4/20/2013
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