Noninvasive 13C-octanoic acid breath test shows delayed gastric emptying in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-571

  Toepfer, Marcel ^a   Folwaczny, C ^a   Lochmuller H ^a   Schroeder, M ^a   Riepl, R L ^a   Pongratz, D ^a   Muller Felber W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C octanoic acid breath test; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autonomic involvement; Gastric emptying

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCTANOIC ACID; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEST MEAL; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PROGNOSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0032585922     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007708     Document Type: Article

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