Breath methane excretion is not an accurate marker of colonic methane production in irritable bowel syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 891-898

  Di Stefano, Michele ^a   Mengoli, Caterina ^a   Bergonzi, Manuela ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^b   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Miceli, Emanuela ^a   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LACTULOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH METHANE EXCRETION; COLONIC METHANE PRODUCTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GAS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; FEMALE; GASES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTULOSE; MALE; METHANE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930755064     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.47     Document Type: Article

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