The Hydrogen Breath Test: New Uses for an Old Test
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CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. *Correspondence: Kok-Ann Gwee, MD Gleneagles Hospital Annexe Block 05-37, 6A Napier Road, Singapore 258500 Tel: +65-6-474-6848, Fax: +65-6-475-8285, E-mail: [email protected] Financial support: None. Conflicts of interest: None. Article: Patients with irritable bowel syndrome exhale more hydrogen than healthy subjects in fasting state (J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2010;16:299-305)
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