Variations in colonic H2 and CO2 production as a cause of inadequate diagnosis of carbohydrate maldigestion in breath tests

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 607-611

  Koetse, Harma A ^a   Vonk, R J ^a   Pasterkamp, S ^a   Pal, J ^a   De Bruijn, S ^a   Stellaard, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breath test; Colonic gas production; Lactulose; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOTOPES; LACTULOSE; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033623935     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750023561     Document Type: Article

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