Erratum: Lactose intolerance and the role of the lactose breath test (Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 105 (1726-1728) ( DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.146);Lactose intolerance and the role of the lactose breath test

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1726-1728

  Law, David ^a,b   Conklin, Jeffrey ^a   Pimentel, Mark ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTASE; LACTOSE;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

EID: 77955385309     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.366     Document Type: Erratum

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