Orocecal transit time and bacterial overgrowth in patients with Crohn's disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Castiglione, Fabiana ^a   Del Vecchio Blanco, Giovanna ^a   Rispo, Antonio ^a   Petrelli, Gino ^a   Amalfi, Gaetano ^a   Cozzolino, Antonio ^a   Cuccaro, Iolanda ^a   Mazzacca, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial overgrowth; Breath test; Crohn's disease

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; METHANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; LACTULOSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033922380     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200007000-00015     Document Type: Article

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