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Comparative pH values within the stomach, pylorus and duodenum in Antacid therapy

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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    The pH of the gastric and duodenal content of man can readily be determined in situ.

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    There are rapid and marked fluctuations in the pH of gastric and duodenal content in the fasting state as well as when antacids are given.

  3. 3.

    Antacids in general raise the pH of the gastric and pyloric content.

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  1. Gastro-Intestinal Department of Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

    James B. Eyerly

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Presented before the American Gastro-Enterological Association, Atlantic City, N. J., June 10-11, 1940.

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Eyerly, J.B. Comparative pH values within the stomach, pylorus and duodenum in Antacid therapy. Jour. D. D. 7, 431–434 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02997390

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