Gastric emptying time of fluids and solids in healthy subjects determined by 13C breath tests: Influence of age, sex and body mass index

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1832-1838

  Hellmig, Stephan ^a   Von Schöning, Florian ^a   Gadow, Christof ^a   Katsoulis, Stavros ^a   Hedderich, Jürgen ^b   Fölsch, Ulrich Robert ^a   Stüber, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b St Antonius Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Gastric emptying; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 13; OCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBON 13 BREATH TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 33750454138     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04449.x     Document Type: Article

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