Ontogeny of fasting small intestinal motor activity in the human infant

Gut

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 483-488

  Bisset, W M ^a   Watt, J B ^a   Rivers, R P A ^a   Milla, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENGLAND; FASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023908458     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.29.4.483     Document Type: Article

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