Quick test: A new test for the diagnosis of duodenal hypolactasia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1589-1592

  Ojetti, Veronica ^a   La Mura, Rossella ^a   Zocco, Maria Assunta ^a   Cesaro, Paola ^a   De Masi, Ercole ^b   Mazza, Antonietta La ^c   Cammarota, Giovanni ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO DI NANCY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath test; Duodenal biopsies; Hypolactasia; Quick lactase test

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE; METHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENAL HYPOLACTASIA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM DISEASE; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK LACTASE TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43049108822     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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