Effect of fructose-reduced diet in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, and its correlation to a standard fructose breath test

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 936-943

  Berg, Leif Kyrre ^a   Fagerli, Erik ^a   Martinussen, Marit ^a   Myhre, Arnt Otto ^b   Florholmen, Jon ^c   Goll, Rasmus ^c  

^a Hospital of Rana   (Norway)

^b Hospital of Nordland   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breath test; Dietary restriction; Fructose malabsorption; Functional bowel disease; Sugar intolerance

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FECES; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE REDUCED DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHANE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880445837     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.812139     Document Type: Article

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