Hydrogen breath test with D-xylose for celiac disease screening is as useful in the elderly as in other age groups

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2201-2205

  Casellas, Francesc ^a   Sardi, José ^a   De Torres, Inés ^a   Malagelada, Juan Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Elderly; Hydrogen breath test; Malabsorption; Xylose test

Indexed keywords

XYLOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; XYLOSE;

EID: 0034800307     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011967016189     Document Type: Article

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