Theoretical flaws in the gastric emptying breath test: Why is it dubious?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-17

  Sanaka, Masaki ^a   Yamamoto, Takatsugu ^a   Kuyama, Yasushi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTANOIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH EMPTYING; EVALUATION;

BREATH TESTS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS;

EID: 14544307002     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1270-4     Document Type: Letter

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