Population
27 patients with liver cirrhosis and 20 normal subjects
Comparison
Meal ingestion vs Normal subjects
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Autonomic imbalance and reduced portal flow associate with postprandial dysmotility in cirrhosis; hypothesis-generating, prospective studies needed before clinical application.
In patients with liver cirrhosis, abnormal gastric motility after eating is related to autonomic dysfunction and altered portal hemodynamics.
Miyajima et al. (2001) studied this question.
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