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Literature
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
Technical information
Peer-reviewed publications
- 2024
A Model-Based 13C-Sucrose Breath Test Diagnostic for Gut Function Disorders Characterized by a Loss of Sucrase-Isomaltase Enzymatic Activity
BROUWER, A.F., Lee, G.O., VAN WYK, H., SCHILLINGER, R.J., EDWARDS, C.A., MORRISON, D.J., A Model-Based 13C-Sucrose Breath Test Diagnostic for Gut Function Disorders Characterized by a Loss of Sucrase-Isomaltase Enzymatic Activity, The Journal of Nutrition 154 3 (2024) 815-825.
- 2023
Mechanistic inference of the metabolic rates underlying 13C breath test curves
BROUWER, A.F., LEE, G.O., SCHILLINGER, R.J. ,et al., Mechanistic inference of the metabolic rates underlying 13C breath test curves, J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn (2023).
- 2022
13C-sucrose breath test for the non-invasive assessment of environmental enteropathy in Zambian adults
SCHILLINGER, R.J., MWAKAMUI, S., MULENGA, C., TEMBO, M., HODGES, P., BESA, E., et al., 13C-sucrose breath test for the non-invasive assessment of environmental enteropathy in Zambian adults, Front Med 9 (2022).
- 2021
European guideline on indications, performance and clinical impact of 13C‐breath tests in adult and pediatric patients: An EAGEN, ESNM, and ESPGHAN consensus, supported by EPC
KELLER, J., et al., European guideline on indications, performance and clinical impact of 13C‐breath tests in adult and pediatric patients: An EAGEN, ESNM, and ESPGHAN consensus, supported by EPC, UEG Journal 9 5 (2021) 598-625.
- 2021
Breath 13CO2—evidence for a noninvasive biomarker to measure added refined sugar uptake
YAZBECK, R., et al., Breath 13CO2—evidence for a noninvasive biomarker to measure added refined sugar uptake, Journal of Applied Physiology 130 4 (2021) 1025-1032.
- 2020
Optimisation, validation and field applicability of a 13C-sucrose breath test to assess intestinal function in environmental enteropathy among children in resource poor settings: study protocol for a prospective study in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Jamaica…
LEE, G.O., et al., Optimisation, validation and field applicability of a 13C-sucrose breath test to assess intestinal function in environmental enteropathy among children in resource poor settings: study protocol for a prospective study in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Jamaica, Peru and Zambia, BMJ Open 10 11 (2020) e035841.
- 2017
Stable Isotope Techniques for the Assessment of Host and Microbiota Response During Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
BUTLER, R.N., et al., Stable isotope techniques for the assessment of host and microbiota response during gastrointestinal dysfunction, J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 64 1 (2017) 8-14.
- 2016
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Growth Failure/Stunting in Global Child Health
OWINO, V., et al., Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Growth Failure/Stunting in Global Child Health, Pediatrics 138 6 (2016).
- 2004
The usefulness of stable isotopes in nutrition and human health: the application of mass spectrometry and 13C-breath tests to detect helicobacter pylori infection
BARRADO, A., et al., The usefulness of stable isotopes in nutrition and human health: the application of mass spectrometry and 13C-breath tests to detect helicobacter pylori infection, Arch. Latinoam. de Nutr. 54 4 (2004) 27-43.