The time of peak 13CO2 excretion: What does it really reflect in gastric emptying breath tests?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 669-670

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

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; HUMAN; KINETICS; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH EMPTYING; VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXHALATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EXHALATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 17644374140     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2554-4     Document Type: Letter

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