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Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 and 7α-Hydroxy-4-Cholesten-3-one in the Diagnosis of Patients With Possible Bile Acid Diarrhea

OBJECTIVES: Increased colonic bile acids can cause chronic diarrhea. Bile acid diarrhea (BAD) is treatable by sequestrants, and may be secondary to ileal disease or primary BAD. It is underdiagnosed, partly because the selenium-75-homocholic acid taurine (SeHCAT) retention test is not available in m...

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Autores principales: Pattni, Sanjeev S, Brydon, W Gordon, Dew, Tracy, Walters, Julian R F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23238290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2012.10