Items for "systemic sclerosis"

Is normal gastric emptying a predictor of normal gastric function?

Aim: Impaired gastric emptying is common in many disorders. Assuming that gastric disorders primarily affect gastric peristalsis, which secondarily results in impaired emptying, the aim of our study was to evaluate whether quantitative analysis of gastric peristalsis might be a more sensitive parameter than gastric emptying to demonstrate functional gastric impairment...

Keywords: Magenentleerung, Magenperistaltik, Diabetes mellitus, progressive systemische Sklerodermie, Gastritis