Delayed gastric emptying: A novel gastrointestinal finding in Turner's syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 440-443

  Staiano, Annamaria ^a   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^a   Di Maio, Salvatore ^a   Marsullo, Giuseppe ^a   Marino, Antonio ^a   Concolino, Daniela ^b   Strisciuglio, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; STOMACH EMPTYING; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0029979848     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.5.440     Document Type: Article

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