Breath Tests for Gastrointestinal Disease: The Real Deal or Just a Lot of Hot Air?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1763-1766

  Saad, Richard J ^a   Chey, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; UREA BREATH TEST;

EID: 36549056637     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.10.059     Document Type: Article

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