Applicability of the reported prevalence of bile salt malabsorption in irritable bowel

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-162

  Ford, A C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT;

CELIAC DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES;

EID: 71449120930     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04155.x     Document Type: Letter

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