Open AccessHydrogen breath test for the diagnosis of lactose intolerance, is the routine sugar load the best one?
Author(s) -
Fiorenza Argnani,
Mauro Di Camillo,
Vanessa Marinaro,
Tiziana Foglietta,
Veronica E. Avallone,
C. Cannella,
Piero Vernia
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.6204
Subject(s) - hydrogen breath test , lactose , malabsorption , gastroenterology , medicine , lactose intolerance , breath test , zoology , food science , chemistry , biology , helicobacter pylori
To evaluate the prevalence of lactose intolerance (LI) following a load of 12.5 g in patients diagnosed as high-grade malabsorbers using the hydrogen breath test (HBT)-25.