Breath methane in children with chronic constipation;Metano no ar expirado de crianças com constipação crônica funcional

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-72

  Soares, Ana Cristina Fontenele ^a   Tahan, Soraia ^a   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Constipation; Methane

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; METHANE; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHANE;

EID: 0037732565     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032002000100012     Document Type: Article

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