Comparison of lactulose and glucose breath test for diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Digestion

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-247

  Rana, S V ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Kaur, J ^a   Sinha, S K ^a   Singh, K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen breath test; Irritable bowel syndrome; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTULOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859127496     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336174     Document Type: Article

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