microvillus inclusion disease

microvillus inclusion disease
a rare intestinal disorder, thought to be hereditary and autosomal recessive; infants have severe watery diarrhea with malabsorption of nutrients owing to incomplete development of intestinal villi. The condition is fatal unless the infant is given total parenteral nutrition. Cf. congenital microvillus atrophy, under atrophy.

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