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The pattern of gastric emptying: a new view of old results
Author(s) -
Hopkins Anthony
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp007814
Subject(s) - gastric emptying , medicine , gastroenterology , stomach
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.