Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3283906 Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Patients with BAM have reduced serum FGF19 which may be useful in diagnosis. We propose a mechanism whereby impaired FGF19 feedback inhibition causes excessive bile acid synthesis that exceeds the normal capacity for ileal reabsorption, producing bile acid diarrhea.
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