Methods and functions: Breath tests

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-352

  Braden, Barbara ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breath tests; gastric emptying; Helicobacter; lactose malabsorption; liver function tests; pancreatic function; stable isotope labelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; C13 BREATH TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER FUNCTION; METABOLISM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRUCTOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; SORBITOL;

EID: 66349123991     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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