Fructose malabsorption: How much fructose can a healthy subject tolerate?

Digestion

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Frieling, T ^a   Kuhlbusch Zicklam, R ^a   Kalde, S ^a   Heise, J ^a   Hulsdonk A ^a   Kreysel, C ^a  

^a HELIOS Clinic Krefeld   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fructose; Fructose malabsorption; Hydrogen breath test

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIARRHEA; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEREDITARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; METEORISM; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; DIARRHEA; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055200123     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329570     Document Type: Article

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