Comparison of scintigraphy and lactulose breath hydrogen test for assessment of orocecal transit. Lactulose accelerates small bowel transit

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-18

  Miller, Mark A ^b   Parkman, Henry P ^a   Urbain, Jean Luc C ^b   Brown, Kevin L ^b   Donahue, Daniel J ^b   Knight, Linda C ^b   Maurer, Alan H ^b   Fisher, Robert S ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

gastric emptying; gastrointestinal motility; gastrointestinal transit

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH EMPTYING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANOMETRY; STOMACH;

EID: 0031020784     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018864400566     Document Type: Article

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