R. F. Harvey

Publication List Details

Period

2002 - 2007

Number

35

Co-Authors

Relationship between the birth cohort pattern of Helicobacter pylori infection and the epidemiology of duodenal ulcer (2002)

HARVEY, R.F., SPENCE, R.W., LANE, J.A., NAIR, P., MURRAY, L.J., HARVEY, I.M., ...

Background: Helicobacter‐pylori‐related duodenal ulcer (DU) is an important cause of dyspepsia. Aim: To determine the relationship between the pattern of H. pylori...

Preparation of prereduced anaerobically sterilized media and their use in cultivation of anaerobic bacteria.

Chan, E C, DeVries, J, Harvey, R F

Several modifications of the roll-tube method have made it simpler for routine use in the isolation and growth of anaerobic bacteria. These include use of a check valve for the production of...

Dreaming during scientific papers: effects of added extrinsic material.

Harvey, R F, Schullinger, M B, Stassinopoulos, A, Winkle, E

During a series of presentations of scientific papers 40.6% of 276 subjects reported dreaming, but only 18.1% actually fell asleep. The frequency of dreaming was significantly increased by the...

Preparation of prereduced anaerobically sterilized media and their use in cultivation of anaerobic bacteria.

Chan, E C, DeVries, J, Harvey, R F

Several modifications of the roll-tube method have made it simpler for routine use in the isolation and growth of anaerobic bacteria. These include use of a check valve for the production of...

Dreaming during scientific papers: effects of added extrinsic material.

Harvey, R F, Schullinger, M B, Stassinopoulos, A, Winkle, E

During a series of presentations of scientific papers 40.6% of 276 subjects reported dreaming, but only 18.1% actually fell asleep. The frequency of dreaming was significantly increased by the...

Bowel Habit in Thyrotoxicosis and Hypothyroidism

Baker, J. T., Harvey, R. F.

A prospective study of bowel frequency in patients with thyroid disease showed increased frequency of bowel action in thyrotoxicosis and decreased frequency in myxoedema. The contrary findings of...

Comparison of omeprazole and cimetidine in reflux oesophagitis: symptomatic, endoscopic, and histological evaluations.

Bate, C M, Keeling, P W, O'Morain, C, Wilkinson, S P, Foster, D N, Mountford, R A, ...

Symptomatic patients with endoscopically verified reflux oesophagitis were randomised to a double blind trial in which they received either omeprazole (20 mg once daily) or cimetidine (400 mg four...

The effect of wheat bran on intestinal transit.

Payler, D K, Pomare, E W, Heaton, K W, Harvey, R F

In 18 students and two members of staff at a boys' boarding school, the time taken to pass 20 out of 25 radiopaque pellets varied from one to seven days while the subjects were eating a normal...

Effect of metiamide on basal and stimulated serum cholecystokinin levels in duodenal ulcer patients.

Spence, R W, Celestin, L R, Harvey, R F

Serum cholecystokinin (CCK) levels were measured in 10 patients with chronic duodenal ulcers, fasting and at intervals after two standard tests meals (300 ml of 40 mmol/1 phenylalanine solution), one...

Trypsin and lactoferrin levels in pure pancreatic juice in patients with pancreatic disease.

Fedail, S S, Harvey, R F, Salmon, P R, Brown, P, Read, A E

Levels of immunoreactive trypsin were measured in pure pancreatic juice obtained endoscopically from 44 patients with suspected pancreatic disease. Patients with pancreatic cancer all had low trypsin...

Effects of oral magnesium sulphate on colonic motility in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome 1

Harvey, R. F., Read, A. E.

Magnesium sulphate, a substance known to cause release of cholecystokinin (CCK) from the small intestinal mucosa, was given by mouth (dose 0·1g/kg in 150 ml water) to 20 patients with the irritable...

Radioimmunoassay of cholecystokinin-pancreozymin 1

Harvey, R. F., Dowsett, Lynda, Hartog, M., Read, A. E.

A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK-PZ) has been developed, using rabbit antisera to crude porcine hormone. Highly purified porcine CCK-PZ, labelled with...

Pathogenesis of the impaired gall bladder contraction of coeliac disease.

Brown, A M, Bradshaw, M J, Richardson, R, Wheeler, J G, Harvey, R F

We have investigated the possibility that the abnormally decreased gall bladder contraction after meals in patients with coeliac disease might result in part from an abnormality in the gall bladder...