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. 1976 Sep 18;2(6037):671-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6037.671.

Gastric emptying of solid meals in diabetics

J H Scarpello, D C Barber, R V Hague, D R Cullen, G E Sladen

Gastric emptying of solid meals in diabetics

J H Scarpello et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

The gastric emptying rate of an isotopically labelled solid meal was compared in 29 insulin-dependent well-controlled diabetics and 18 normal controls. The diabetics were assessed for evidence of autonomic neuropathy. No significant difference in gastric emptying rate was found between controls and diabetics with or without autonomic neuropathy. Only three diabetics had greatly delayed gastric emptying, but in one of these the test had given a normal result on an earlier occasion.

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