Correlation between symptoms developed after the oral ingestion of 50 g lactose and results of hydrogen breath testing for lactose intolerance

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 659-665

  Beyerlein, L ^a   Pohl, D ^a   Delco, F ^a   Stutz, B ^a   Fried, M ^a   Tutuian, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40949083095     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03623.x     Document Type: Article

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