Carbohydrate challenge tests: Do you need to measure methane?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 251-253

  Knudsen, Christopher D ^a   Di Palma, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

digestion; fructose; hydrogen; lactose; methane

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; METHANE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE CHALLENGE TEST; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE MALABSORPTION; HUMAN; LACTOSE MALDIGESTION; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING;

BREATH TESTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; METHANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861088748     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318252d428     Document Type: Article

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