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. 1998 Nov;43(Suppl 3):S23–S24. doi: 10.1136/gut.43.2008.s23

13C protein breath tests

Y Ghoos, B Beaufrere
PMCID: PMC1766639  PMID: 10083870

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Figure 1

13CO2 excretion curve, expressed in percentage of administered dose recovered per hour obtained after ingestion of either 22 g of egg protein (n=10) or 30 g of whey protein (n=18), both intrinsically labelled with L-[1-13C]-leucine. Values are means (SEM). 


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