Nutritional status and breath hydrogen test with lactose and lactulose in Terena Indian children
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[Nutritional status and breath hydrogen test with lactose and lactulose in Terena Indian children].
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nutritional status, absorption and tolerance of lactose and the occurrence of small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. METHODS A cross-sectional study including all 264 Terena Indian children younger than 10 years from two tribes (Limão Verde and Córrego Seco) in Mato Grosso do Sul. The nutritional status was assessed based upon weight and height, using NCHS data as referen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.819