A practical approach to treating patients with chronic diarrhea

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Sellin, Joseph H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diarrhea; Colonoscopy; Hydrogen breath test; Irritable bowel syndrome; Loperamide; Timed stool collections

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALOSETRON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTACOID; BILE ACID; BUDESONIDE; CILANSETRON; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; COLESTYRAMINE; DICYCLOVERINE; LOPERAMIDE; METFORMIN; MIGLITOL; OCTREOTIDE; OPIATE;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL BOWEL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BREATH TESTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 37849025828     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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