Colonic hydrogen elimination and methane production in infants with and without infantile colic syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1762-1766

  Belson, Amir ^a,b   Shetty, Avinash K ^a   Yorgin, Peter D ^a   Bujanover, Yoram ^c   Peled, Yochanan ^b   Dar, Mor H ^d   Reif, Shimon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Infantile colic; Methane

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ARTICLE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE COLIC SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLIC; COLON; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHANE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0141427887     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025595029795     Document Type: Article

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