The lactulose breath test for diagnosing SIBO in IBS patients: Another nail in the coffin

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 964-965

  Vanner, Stephen ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTULOSE;

BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTULOSE BREATH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTULOSE; MALE;

EID: 41849131446     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01798.x     Document Type: Review

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