Endogenous ethanol production, alterations in gastrointestinal motility and bacterial overgrowth and cirrhosis;Producción endógena de alcohol en pacientes con cirrosis hepática, alteración motora y sobrecrecimiento bacteriano

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1329-1334

  Madrid S, Ana María ^a   Hurtado H, Carmen ^b   Gatica I, Sara ^b   Chacón B, Inelia ^b   Toyos D, Ana ^b   Defilippi C, Carlos ^b  

^a Ctro Gastroenterologia Hosp C   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breath tests; Ethanol; Lactulose; Lirer cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; ETHANOL; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038659582     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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