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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2015; 21(40): 11379-11386
Published online Oct 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i40.11379
Table 1 Types of bile acid malabsorption
Type 1Examples
Terminal ileitis (e.g., Crohn’s disease)
Following resection of terminal ileum
Type 2No definable underlying abnormality
(this would apply to idiopathic chronic diarrhoea with a response to bile acid sequestrants and/or abnormal SeHCAT)
Type 3Post cholecystectomy
Post vagotomy
Coeliac disease