13C-methacetin breath test: Isotope-selective nondispersive infrared spectrometry in comparison to isotope ratio mass spectrometry in volunteers and patients with liver cirrhosis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1139-1143

  Adamek, R J ^a   Goetze, O ^a   Boedeker, C ^a   Pfaffenbach, B ^a   Luypaerts, A ^b   Geypens, B ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breath tests; C methacetin; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Isotope selective nondispersive infrared spectrometry; Stable isotope technique

Indexed keywords

4 ACETANISIDINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0033233314     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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