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Breath Testing Reference Information:

GI Pathology, PLLC.www.gipath.com, GI Pathology is the only physician-owned laboratory in the United States dedicated solely to the practice of gastrointestinal and liver pathology. Physicians can contact this company for breath-testing kits for mail-in analysis.

Specialists in Gastroenterology in St. Louis, MO www.gidoctor.net, Specialists in Gastroenterology or SIG, is a G.I. group in St. Louis, specializing in gastro intestinal conditions.

G-Eye Mobile is a mobile GI Unit that utilzes the BreathTracker SC for the lactulose breath-test for SIBO.
If you are a patient this may be a place to check and see if they have testing in your area. G-Eye Mobile Website

"A New IBS Solution takes you through the historical evolution of conventional medicine's views on IBS in a way that can be easily understood.
In addition, Dr. Pimentel presents a simple treatment protocol that will not only help you resolve your IBS symptoms, but will also prevent their recurrence." A New IBS Solution Website

Irritable Bowel Syndrome website contains useful information for patients: http://www.irritable-bowel-syndrome.ws/sibo-breath-test.htm

BrainTalk Communities - Online Support Groups for Patients http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/index.php

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Added:2-4-2010 - Article: "The New IBS Guidelines: What you need to know", by Dr. William Chey,M.D.,FACG,AGAF.

Added: 1-27-2010 - Website on "A Community for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Sufferers"

Added: 1-27-2010 - Website on "Just IBS" Facts about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Added: 10-20-2009 - YouTube Video of Breath-Hydrogen Tests posted by Gastroenterologists, P.C. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Added: 08-18-2009 - Implementation and Interpretation of Breath-Hydrogen Tests

Added: 04-15-2009 - IBS and Sugar Intolerance: What does Research Say? - About.com

Added: 03-26-2009 - UC HEALTH LINE: New Breath Test Can Detect Tummy Troubles "Dr. Ralph Giannella, MD, and colleagues in the digestive diseases division are now offering hydrogen/methane breath testing at University Hospital to help patients discover whether they have bacterial overgrowth in their small intestines or are lactose or fructose intolerant."

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Digestive Health: IBS, Aired on Lifetime Television, October 19 and November 30, 2008 Show 522:

Dr. Mark Pimentel of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center discusses how doctors can use a simple breath test to check for the presence of certain gases in the gut using QuinTron products and treat Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
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Breath Tests and Gastroenterology: Dr. Lyle H. Hamilton Ph.D (1998) 2nd Edition:pdf
Some information included in the book has changed. It should only be used as a general reference regarding the principles of breath-testing.
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - A Framework for Understanding IBS:

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Uninvited Guests: The Impact of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth on Nutritional Status:

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Normalization of lactulose breath testing correlates with symptom improvement in irritable bowel syndrome: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study:

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Hydrogen glucose breath test to detect small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a prevalence case–control study in irritable bowel syndrome:

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Abnormal breath tests to lactose, fructose and sorbitol in irritable bowel syndrome may be explained by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth:

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Breath Hydrogen and Methane Responses of Men and Women to Breads Made with White Flour or Whole Wheat Flours of Different Particle Sizes:

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