Abstract
SSc is a clinically heterogeneous and generalized disease, characterized by thickness of the connective tissue of the skin and internal organs, such as the digestive tract, impairing gastrointestinal (GI) motility. Our aim is to evaluate retrospectively abnormalities of oesophageal motility, gastric emptying, oro-cecal transit time (OCTT) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in a large cohort of SSc patients.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 1095-1100 |
Numero di pagine | 6 |
Rivista | Rheumatology |
Volume | 52 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2013 |
Keywords
- 13C-octanoate breath test
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Motility
- Gastrointestinal Transit
- Humans
- Intestine, Small
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Scleroderma, Systemic
- gastrointestinal motility
- lactulose breath test
- oesophageal manometry
- scleroderma
- systemic sclerosis