Relationships among the lactulose breath test, intestinal gas volume, and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2059-2066

  Youn, Young Hoon ^a   Park, Jung Soo ^a   Jahng, Jae Hoon ^a   Lim, Hyun Chul ^a   Kim, Jie Hyun ^a   Pimentel, Mark ^b   Park, Hyojin ^a   Lee, Sang In ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas volume score (GVS); IBS; Intestinal gas volume; LBT

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FUNCTION TEST; GAS ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINAL GAS VOLUME; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTULOSE BREATH TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENESMUS;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTULOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959687658     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1569-2     Document Type: Article

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