Assessment of the influence of hydrogen nonexcretion on the usefulness of the hydrogen breath test and lactose tolerance test

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 137-141

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hydrogen nonexcretion; Lactose malabsorption; Lactulose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREATH TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTULOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030002424     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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