Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 802-808

  Posserud, Iris ^a   Stotzer, Per Ove ^a   Björnsson, Einar S ^a   Abrahamsson, Hasse ^a   Simrén, Magnus ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; JEJUNUM; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249790127     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.108712     Document Type: Article

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