Gastric emptying of solids in humans: Improved evaluation by Kaplan-Meier plots, with special reference to obesity and gender

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1562-1567

  Grybäck, Per ^a   Näslund, Erik ^b   Hellström, Per M ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a   Backman, Lars ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Gastrointestinal motility; Gender; Obesity; Radionuclide investigation

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH SCINTISCANNING; TEST MEAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STOMACH; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0030481570     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01249617     Document Type: Article

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