Four-sample lactose hydrogen breath test for diagnosis of lactose malabsorption in irritable bowel syndrome patients with diarrhea

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7563-7570

  Yang, Jian Feng ^a,d   Fox, Mark ^b,c   Chu, Hua ^d   Zheng, Xia ^d   Long, Yan Qin ^d   Pohl, Daniel ^b   Fried, Michael ^b   Dai, Ning ^d  

^a HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Lactose hydrogen breath test; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROGEN; LACTASE;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME FACTOR;

BIOMARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84936806654     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i24.7563     Document Type: Article

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