The Wagner-Nelson method makes the [13C]-breath test comparable to radioscintigraphy in measuring gastric emptying of a solid/liquid mixed meal in humans

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 641-644

  Sanaka, Masaki ^a   Nakada, Koji ^b   Nosaka, Chihiro ^c   Kuyama, Yasushi ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath test; Distribution; Gastric emptying; Scintigraphy; Wagner Nelson method

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCTANOIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIOSCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SOLID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEST MEAL; WAGNER NELSON METHOD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EATING; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 34250765189     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04624.x     Document Type: Article

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