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Abnormal Gastric Emptying in Primary Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Stephen Holt ,
Michael J. Ford ,
Sandra Grant  and
Robert C. Heading
Stephen Holt
Affiliation:
University Department of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
Michael J. Ford
Affiliation:
University Department of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
Sandra Grant
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Robert C. Heading*
Affiliation:
University Department of Therapeutics and The Royal Infirmary
*
∗ Correspondence.
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Summary

The gastric emptying rate was measured in 10 female patients with primary anorexia nervosa and 12 healthy volunteers, using a scinti-scanning technique for the simultaneous study of the liquid and solid components of a test meal. The emptying rate of both the liquid and the solid phase components of the meal was significantly slower in patients with anorexia nervosa. The aetiological and therapeutic implications of this finding are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 6 , December 1981 , pp. 550 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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Footnotes

∗∗

Now Consultant Psychiatrist, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow.

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