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Using Multi-fluorinated Bile Acids and In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Measure Bile Acid Transport
Published on: November 27, 2016
[Chronic diarrhea--value of function tests in diagnosis]
1Abteilung II, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Freiburg.
Abstract:
The D-xylose-adsorption test yields information about small intestinal absorptive function. To investigate ileal absorptive function the Schilling test is performed. The standard diagnostic test for hypolactasia is the oral lactose tolerance test with lactose breath hydrogen testing. Various radioactive and nonradioactive breath tests have been proposed as noninvasive tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Intubation tests for pancreatic function testing are time-honored and direct, but limited by several technical difficulties. Measurement of pancreatic enzymes in stool has received a high degree of acceptance.
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