An evaluation of the use of serum 7-alpha-hydroxycholestenone as a diagnostic test of bile acid malabsorption causing watery diarrhea

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 319-323

  Brydon, W Gordon ^a   Culbert, Pearl ^a   Kingstone, Kathleen ^a   Jarvie, Ann ^a   Iacucci, Marietta ^b   Tenhage, Merel ^c   Ghosh, Subrata ^d  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nova College   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

7 alpha hydroxy 4 cholesten 3 one; Bile acid malabsorption; Watery diarrhea

Indexed keywords

4 CHOLESTEN 6 BETA OL 3 ONE; 7 ALPHA HYDROXY 4 CHOLESTEN 3 ONE; 7 ALPHA HYDROXYCHOLESTENONE; BILE ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLESTYRAMINE; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BILE ACID MALABSORPTION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; ILEAL CONDUIT; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; ILEUM RESECTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

ADULT; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTENONES; CHOLESTYRAMINE RESIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052372575     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/701287     Document Type: Article

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