Gas distribution within the human gut: Effect of meals

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 842-849

  Perez, Frederic ^a   Accarino, Anna ^a   Azpiroz, Fernando ^a   Quiroga, Sergi ^a   Malagelada, Juan R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD; GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE; MALE; MEAL; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; EATING; FASTING; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33947678808     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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