Breath hydrogen test after a bean meal demonstrates delayed oro-cecal transit time in children with chronic constipation

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-224

  Soares, Ana Cristina Fontenele ^a   Lederman, Henrique Manoel ^a   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Colonic transit time; Constipation; Hydrogen breath test; Oro cecal transit time

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MEAL; OROCECAL TRANSIT TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23344441999     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000167499.40074.d7     Document Type: Article

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