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The gastric emptying characteristics of the test meal were also monitored by gamma scintigraphy in a separate experiment. The oesophageal pH fell below 4 for 3.2 + 8.6\/-2.3% (mean (SD)) of the recording time. Food reflux alone occurred for 17.8 + 53.2\/-13.8% of the recording time. Simultaneous food and acid reflux occurred for only 0.95 + 5.2\/-1.2% of the time. Not every reflux event detected by a fall in pH was seen as an increase in counts as a result of reflux of food, and vice versa. 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