Evaluation of the pathogenesis of flatulence and abdominal cramps in patients with lactose malabsorption

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Hammer, H F ^a   Petritsch, W ^a   Pristautz, H ^a   Krejs, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

gas; intestinal transit; lactose malabsorption; lactulose; visceral hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; LACTULOSE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP;

EID: 0029866812     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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