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SeHCAT test for bile acid malabsorption: may “the old” become “the gold one” in the diagnostic burden of chronic diarrhea?

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    Lucia Zanoni, Elena Tabacchi, Rachele Bonfiglioli & Stefano Fanti

  2. Nuclear Medicine, DIMES, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    Nicola Fraccascia & Stefano Fanti

  3. Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Sant’ Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    Vincenzo Stanghellini & Giovanni Barbara

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Zanoni, L., Fraccascia, N., Tabacchi, E. et al. SeHCAT test for bile acid malabsorption: may “the old” become “the gold one” in the diagnostic burden of chronic diarrhea?. Clin Transl Imaging 9, 177–180 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40336-021-00415-2

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