Small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth in cirrhosis is related to the severity of liver disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1273-1281

  Pande, C ^a,b   Kumar, A ^b,c   Sarin, S K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BREATH ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77449131229     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.03994.x     Document Type: Article

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