Sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption

Sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption is also called disaccharide intolerance, which refers to a variety of congenital or acquired diseases that make the small intestinal mucosa brush border disaccharide enzyme deficiency, which makes the digestion and absorption of disaccharide difficult. A series of symptoms and signs that occur when eating sugary foods. Babies may have insucrose and isomaltase deficiency due to genetic factors. The defects of sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption are mainly sucrose, while the defects of isomalt are secondary.

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