81.   The patient had a rapid heartbeat.

82.   The patient has a history of emotional instability.

83.   The patient was having intermittent pains in his side.

84.   He also discovered that, in the majority of cases, any sexual encounters that the patients had really had in childhood were with other children.

85.   All patients had sporadic tumours which were managed electively.

86.   One patient also had a distal gastric cancer which was resected at the same time as the colonic primary.

87.   Twenty three patients also had an acid clearance test before and after healing.

88.   Patients had significantly longer transit times.

89.   Patients had significantly longer median oesophageal transit times than controls in both erect and supine postures.

90.   Patients had significantly lower median lower oesophageal sphincter pressures than controls.