Belching, bloating, and flatulence: How to help patients who have troublesome abdominal gas

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Rao, Satish S C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; LACTASE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; DIET RESTRICTION; FLATULENCE; GAS ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MALABSORPTION; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEPTIC ULCER; REVIEW; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH PRESSURE;

EID: 0030904043     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.04.208     Document Type: Review

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