Esophageal Dysmotility is More Common Than Gastroparesis in Diabetes Mellitus and is Associated With Retinopathy | Zendy

Rita Gustafsson | Zendy; Bengt Littorin | Zendy; Kerstin Berntorp | Zendy; Anders Frid | Zendy; Ola Thorsson | Zendy; Rolf Olsson | Zendy; Olle Ekberg | Zendy; Bodil Ohlsson | Zendy

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Esophageal Dysmotility is More Common Than Gastroparesis in Diabetes Mellitus and is Associated With Retinopathy

Author(s) -

Rita Gustafsson,

Bengt Littorin,

Kerstin Berntorp,

Anders Frid,

Ola Thorsson,

Rolf Olsson,

Olle Ekberg,

Bodil Ohlsson

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the review of diabetic studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 1614-0575

pISSN - 1613-6071

DOI - 10.1900/rds.2011.8.268

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , gastroparesis , asymptomatic , gastroenterology , university hospital , biomedical sciences , general surgery , gastric emptying , stomach , pathology , endocrinology

Gastroparesis is a well-known complication of diabetes mellitus, both in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Esophageal dysmotility has also been described, but is not as well-characterized. The etiology and effect of these complications need to be clarified. The aim of the present study was to evaluate esophageal and gastric motility, complications, gastrointestinal symptoms, and plasma biomarkers in a cross-sectional study comprising patients with diabetes mellitus.

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