An Evaluation of the Use of Serum 7-alpha-hydroxycholestenone as a Diagnostic Test of Bile Acid Malabsorption Causing Watery Diarrhea

BACKGROUND: Bile acid malabsorption (BAM) is a recognized cause of watery diarrhea, often diagnosed empirically based on clinical response to cholestyramine. The radionuclide selenium-labelled homocholic acid-taurine whole body retention test is expensive, labour intensive and of limited availabilit...

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Main Authors: W Gordon Brydon, Pearl Culbert, Kathleen Kingstone, Ann Jarvie, Marietta Iacucci, Merel Tenhage, Subrata Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/701287

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