Benefits of breath hydrogen testing after lactulose administration in analysing carbohydrate malabsorption

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-326

  Bate, John P ^a   Irving, Peter M ^a   Barrett, Jacqueline S ^a   Gibson, Peter R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breath test; Fructose malabsorption; Lactulose; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH HYDROGEN TESTING; BREATHING; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE MALABSORPTION; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTULOSE MALABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTULOSE; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649141480     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832b20e8     Document Type: Article

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