Does lactose maldigestion really play a role in the irritable bowel?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-17

  Tolliver, Beth A ^a   Jackson, Michelle S ^a   Jackson, Kirk L ^a   Barnett, Emilie D ^a   Chastang, Jennifer F ^a   DiPalma, Jack A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath hydrogen test; Irritable bowel syndrome; Lactose

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENZYME THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BREATH TESTS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030037853     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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