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Assessment of Gastric Emptying in Non-obese Diabetic Mice Using a [13C]-octanoic Acid Breath Test
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Assessment of Gastric Emptying in Non-obese Diabetic Mice Using a [13C]-octanoic Acid Breath Test

Published on: March 23, 2013

Energy density of food, gastric emptying, and obesity

J N Hunt, R Cash, P Newland

    Lancet (London, England)
    |November 8, 1975
    PubMed

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