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. 1998 Nov;43(Suppl 3):S28–S30. doi: 10.1136/gut.43.2008.s28

13C octanoic acid breath test

J Galmiche, B Delbende, F Perri, A Andriulli
PMCID: PMC1766640  PMID: 10083872

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