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Major causes of persistent steatorrhoea are coeliac disease, chronic pancreatic disease including cystic fibrosis, pancreatic carcinoma and gastric surgery. There are many other causes, and acute self-limiting steatorrhoea is a common feature of infective gastroenteritis and acute pancreatitis.

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  1. Gastroenterology General Hospital, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK

    M. C. Bateson (Consultant Physician and Specialist)

  2. University of Edinburgh, UK

    I. A. Bouchier (Professor of Medicine)

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Bateson, M.C., Bouchier, I.A. (1988). Absorption. In: Clinical Investigations in Gastroenterology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2633-2_6

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