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Reevaluating our understanding of lactulose breath tests by incorporating hydrogen sulfide measurements

Aleksandr Birg, Steve Hu, Henry C. Lin

JGH Open · 2019 · 26 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

By incorporating energy exchange in the interpretation of the lactulose breath test, we reevaluated specific breath gas profiles, including those commonly described as "hydrogen nonproducers" and the "double-peak" phenomenon.

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