Recent advances in the understanding of bile acid malabsorption

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-93

  Pattni, Sanjeev ^a,b   Walters, Julian R F ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile acid malabsorption; Diarrhoea; Mechanisms; SeHCAT

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BILE ACID; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE; COLESEVELAM; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; DIGOXIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 19; GLUCOCORTICOID; SELENIUM HOMOCHOLIC ACID TAURINE; TAURINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AWARENESS; BILE ACID DIARRHEA; BILE ACID MALABSORPTION; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; BLOATING; BORBORYGMI; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; ILEUM; LIVER; MALABSORPTION; NAUSEA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNPLEASANT TASTE;

ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 72049127573     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp032     Document Type: Review

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