Fasting breath hydrogen concentration: Normal values and clinical application

Gastroenterology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 1358-1363

  Perman, Jay A ^a,b   Modler, Siv ^a,b   Barr, Ronald G ^a,b   Rosenthal, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SMALL INTESTINE;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FASTING; HUMAN; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021709836     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(84)90204-x     Document Type: Article

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