Measurement of transit disorders in different gastrointestinal segments of patients with diabetes mellitus in relation to duration and severity of the disease by use of the metal-detector test

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie Vol. 33; no. 9; p. 517
• Main Authors: Folwaczny, C, Hundegger, K, Volger, C, Sorodoc, J, Kühn, M, Tatsch, K, Landgraf, R, Karbach, U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.09.1995
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Breath Tests; Copper; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - diagnostic imaging; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - physiopathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnostic imaging; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Electromagnetic Fields; Esophageal Motility Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Esophageal Motility Disorders - physiopathology; Female; Gastric Emptying - physiology; Gastrointestinal Transit - physiology; Humans; Lactulose; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle, Smooth - physiopathology; Myoelectric Complex, Migrating - physiology; Prospective Studies; Radionuclide Imaging; Reference Values; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Uremia - diagnostic imaging; Uremia - physiopathology

The existence of gastrointestinal transit disorders in other intestinal segments beside the stomach in Type-1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and occurrence in Type-2 DM and in uremia has yet been confirmed only in few studies. Eleven healthy volunteers, 34 patients with Type-1, 32 patients with Type-2 DM in...