Gastrointestinal transit through esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis

• Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences Vol. 39; no. 10; p. 2209
• Main Authors: Wegener, M, Adamek, R J, Wedmann, B, Jergas, M, Altmeyer, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1994
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Case-Control Studies; Esophagus - diagnostic imaging; Esophagus - physiopathology; Female; Gastric Emptying - physiology; Gastrointestinal Transit - physiology; Humans; Intestine, Large - diagnostic imaging; Intestine, Large - physiopathology; Intestine, Small - diagnostic imaging; Intestine, Small - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnostic imaging; Scleroderma, Systemic - epidemiology; Scleroderma, Systemic - physiopathology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stomach - diagnostic imaging; Stomach - physiopathology

Liquid esophageal transit and gastric emptying, mouth-to-cecum transit, and whole gut transit of a solid-liquid meal were measured in 14 patients with PSS, 16 control subjects (esophageal transit), and 20 control subjects (gastrointestinal transit), respectively, by using scintigraphic techniques, t...