The 13C-Butyrate Breath Test: a New Non-Invasive Method for Assessing Colitis in a Murine Model

The conventional method for the real-time assessment of murine colitis requires a large number of animals. The 13C-butyrate breath test could be useful for evaluating disease activity and the amelioration of human ulcerative colitis non-invasively. The purpose of this study was to investigate whethe...

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Main Authors: Mari Endo, Tetsuro Oikawa, Takayuki Hoshino, Tsutomu Hatori, Tsukasa Matsumoto, Toshihiko Hanawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319302683