Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome: Association with colon motility, bowel symptoms, and psychological distress

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 998-1008

  Grover, M ^a,b   Kanazawa, M ^a,c   Palsson, O S ^a   Chitkara, D K ^a   Gangarosa, L M ^a   Drossman, D A ^a   Whitehead, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath test; Constipation; Irritable bowel syndrome; Methane; Psychological; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; Visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BAROSTAT; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49749090139     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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