A patient with a congenital deficiency of enterokinase (enteropeptidase) would likely suffer from malabsorption of which nutrients?
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Correct answer: Proteins primarily, but also fats
Without enterokinase, trypsinogen cannot be activated. Since trypsin is required to activate other proteases and procolipase (needed for fat digestion), the patient would fail to digest both proteins and fats effectively.
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