Small bowel bacterial overgrowth is a common cause of chronic diarrhea

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 904-909

  Teo, Marcus ^a   Chung, Stephen ^a   Chitti, Lauri ^a   Tran, Cuong ^b   Kritas, Stamatiki ^b   Butler, Ross ^b   Cummins, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic diarrhea; Small bowel overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; FOLIC ACID; LACTASE; SUCRASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM FLUID; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 4143102373     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03376.x     Document Type: Article

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