Use of the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose in patients with 'Middleton syndrome': Normal gastric anatomy but with accelerated gastric emptying causing postprandial reactive hypoglycemia and diarrhea

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 403-404

  Playford, Raymond J ^a   Pither, Charlotte ^b   Gao, Rui ^b   Middleton, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Dumping syndrome; Gastric emptying; Gastric motility; Hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; GLUCOSE; PENTETIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALAISE; MIDDLETON SYNDROME; NAUSEA; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; STOMACH SCINTISCANNING; THYROID FUNCTION; TREMOR; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84879956622     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/791803     Document Type: Article

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