The patient's expectation during H2 breath testing: Don't underestimate the reader's expectation

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-

  Di Stefano, Michele ^a   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LETTER; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION;

BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 78649919977     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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