Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Irritable Bowel Syndrome [3] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2572-2574

  Parisi, Giancarlo ^a,d   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Bottona, E ^c   Carrara, M ^c   Cardin, F ^c   Faedo, A ^c   Goldin, D ^c   Pantalena, M ^c   Tafner, G ^c   Verdianelli, G ^c   Zilli, M ^c   Pimentel, Mark ^e,f   Lin, Henry C ^e  

^a Operative Unit of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c AISGE Group   (Italy)

^d Casa di Cura Abano Terme   (Italy)

^e BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN;

ADULT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BREATH TEST; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; ITALY; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345358623     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(03)01719-2     Document Type: Letter

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