Gastric myoelectrical activity in healthy children and children with functional dyspepsia.

The aim of this study was to investigate abnormalities in pediatric patients with functional dyspepsia. Fifteen symptomatic pediatric patients diagnosed with functional dyspepsia and 17 aged-matched healthy controls were studied. Gastric myoelectrical activity was recorded using surface electrogastrography for 1 hr in the fasting state and 1 hr after a test meal.

Patterns of gastric myoelectrical activity in human subjects of different ages.

The aim of this study was to investigate the developmental change of gastric myoelectrical activity in humans. Five groups of healthy subjects were studied, including 10 preterm newborns, 8 full-term newborns, 8 full-term infants (ages 2-6 mo), 9 children (ages 4-11 yr), and 9 adults. Gastric myoelectrical activity was recorded using surface electrogastrography for 30 min before and 30 min after a test meal in each subject.

Living related liver transplantation in Oklahoma.

Living related liver transplantation (LRLT) presents several advantages as compared to cadaveric liver transplantation, and it has become an increasingly popular option for children with end-stage liver diseases. Since 1995, five LRLT procedures have been performed at the authors' facility. Recipients were three boys and two girls, whose mean age was 2.

Chronic diarrhea and soy formulas. Inhibition of diarrhea by lactose.

Soy protein formulas are often poorly tolerated by infants with chronic nonspecific or postinfectious diarrhea syndrome. We found that these adverse responses may be prevented by using lactose, instead of sucrose or dextrimaltose, in soy formula. We studied 40 infants diagnosed as soy intolerant.

Maturational changes in terminal glycosylation of small intestinal microvillar proteins in the rat.

Studies were performed to identify rat intestinal microvillar proteins which undergo changes in terminal glycosylation during postnatal development. Pulse-labeling with [3H]fucose or N-[3H]acetylgalactosamine showed significantly higher incorporation into purified microvillar membranes of weanling than suckling rats. In contrast, the incorporation of [3H]sialic acid after pulse-labeling with N-[3H]acetylmanosamine was higher in suckling rats.