Ileocecal valve dysfunction in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: A pilot study

AIM: To explore whether patients with a defective ileocecal valve (ICV)/cecal distension reflex have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. METHODS: Using a colonoscope, under conscious sedation, the ICV was intubated and the colonoscope was placed within the terminal ileum (TI). A manometry cathete...

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Main Authors: Miller, Larry S, Vegesna, Anil K, Sampath, Aiswerya Madanam, Prabhu, Shital, Kotapati, Sesha Krishna, Makipour, Kian
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520169/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23239918
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i46.6801
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