Development, validation, and applicability of a symptoms questionnaire for lactose malabsorption screening

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1059-1065

  Casellas, Francesc ^a   Varela, E ^a   Aparici, A ^a   Casaus, M ^a   Rodriguez P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrogen breath test; Lactose breath test; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption; Symptoms score

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOMITING;

EID: 63949086152     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0443-3     Document Type: Article

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