Hydrogen and methane gases are frequently detected in the stomach

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3088-3091

  Urita, Yoshihisa ^a   Ishihara, Susumu ^a   Akimoto, Tatsuo ^a   Kato, Hiroto ^a   Hara, Noriko ^a   Honda, Yoshiko ^a   Nagai, Yoko ^a   Nakanishi, Kazushige ^a   Shimada, Nagato ^a   Sugimoto, Motonobu ^a   Miki, Kazumasa ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Hydrogen; Intragastric gases; Methane

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; STOMACH INTUBATION; STOMACH SURGERY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 33744530139     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i19.3088     Document Type: Article

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