Hydrogen breath test for the diagnosis of lactose intolerance, is the routine sugar load the best one?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 6204-6207

  Argnani, Fiorenza ^a   Di Camillo, Mauro ^a   Marinaro, Vanessa ^a   Foglietta, Tiziana ^a   Avallone, Veronica ^a   Cannella, Carlo ^a   Vernia, Piero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogen breath test; Lactase deficiency; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 63449117585     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6204     Document Type: Article

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