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. 1966 Jan;182(1):144-9.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp007814.

The pattern of gastric emptying: a new view of old results

A Hopkins

The pattern of gastric emptying: a new view of old results

A Hopkins. J Physiol. 1966 Jan.

Abstract

1. Gastric emptying has until now been regarded as exponential in form, but this pattern does not account for all phases of a meal.2. A pattern of emptying in which the square root of the volume of meal remaining declines linearly with time has been shown to account for the experimental results with less error.

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