Three-hour hydrogen breath test for assessing lactose malabsorption in clinical practice: To give 50 or 20 grams of lactose? [3]

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-139

  Tursi, Antonio ^a  

^a Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BREATH TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 30844432223     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3098-y     Document Type: Letter

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