Faecal fat: Time to give it up

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 164-167

  Hill, Peter G ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES LIPID;

CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ABSORPTION; MALABSORPTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIPIDS;

EID: 0035024990     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563011900605     Document Type: Review

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