Lactulose/Mannitol Test Has High Efficacy for Excluding Organic Causes of Chronic Diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2245-2252

  Di Leo, Vincenza ^b   D'Incà, Renata ^b   Diaz Granado, Natalia ^b   Fries, Walter ^b   Venturi, Carla ^b   D'Odorico, Anna ^b   Martines, Diego ^b   Sturniolo, Giacomo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0142152616     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(03)00703-2     Document Type: Article

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