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. 1973 Jan;49(567):27–28. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.49.567.27

Ethanol absorption after gastric operations, and in the coeliac syndrome

P B Cotton, G Walker
PMCID: PMC2495375  PMID: 4731439

Abstract

Rapid absorption of whisky has been demonstrated in subjects who had undergone partial gastrectomy or vagotomy and pyloroplasty. Delayed absorption occurred in patients with the coeliac syndrome. These facts are of social and possibly legal significance.

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