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Delivery phase defects

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Ability to export lipid from enterocytes into lymphatics may result from:

  • lack of apoproteins, e.g. abetalipoproteinaemia - lipid accumulates within the enterocytes resulting in malabsorption
  • lymphatic obstruction:
    • intestinal lymphoma
    • Whipple's disease
    • lymphangiectasia - very rare

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