Breath tests in pediatrics

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Anania, Caterina ^a   Pacifico, Lucia ^a   Olivero, Giuseppe ^b   Osborn, John F ^b   Bonaiuto, Elisabetta ^a   Chiesa, Claudio ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Health Local Unit RM B ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath tests; Carbohydrate malabsorption; Children; Fat malabsorption; Functional dyspepsia; Helicobacter pylori; Hydrogen; Isotopes; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING;

BREATH TESTS; CHILD; EXHALATION; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 51449114273     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.07.023     Document Type: Review

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