Lower extremity manifestations of nutritional deficiencies in gastrointestinal disease.
Voluminous information can be written on the nutritional deficiencies that are secondary to gastrointestinal disease. This highly complicated system, with its immunologic pathogenesis, can affect every system of the body. This article describes how these manifestations of gastrointestinal disease affect the lower extremities.
Department of Medical Sciences, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, USA.
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