Clinical ramifications of malabsorption of fructose and other short-chain carbohydrates

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 51-65

  Barrett, Jacqueline S ^a   Glbson, Peter R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DISACCHARIDE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GALACTAN; LACTOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOATING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MALABSORPTION; OSMOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34548204291     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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