Irritable bowel syndrome and bloating

Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 689-707

  Hasler, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial overgrowth; breath tests; gas and bloating; gastrointestinal transit; probiotics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CITALOPRAM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; LACTULOSE; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NEOSTIGMINE; OLIGOFRUCTOSE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; SIMETHICONE; TEGASEROD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORIANDER; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; ERUCTATION; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTHA SPICATA; MONOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 34447512736     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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