Fecal hydrogen production and consumption measurements. Response to daily lactose ingestion by lactose maldigesters

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 348-353

  Hertzler, Steven R ^a   Savaiano, Dennis A ^c   Levitt, Michael D ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

colonic adaptation; hydrogen production; lactose maldigestion

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE;

EID: 0031041226     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018822103911     Document Type: Article

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