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. 1961 Jun;2(2):168–174. doi: 10.1136/gut.2.2.168

Studies on the site of fat absorption

2 Fat balances after resection of varying amounts of the small intestine in man

C C Booth, D Alldis, A E Read
PMCID: PMC1413253  PMID: 18668743

Abstract

This paper demonstrates that in man, as in the rat, increasing amounts of fat reach more distal levels of the small intestine as the dietary load increases.

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