No evidence for abnormal gallbladder emptying in Crohn's disease

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 807-812

  Maurer, Peter ^c   Haag, Klaus ^a   Roth, Michael ^c   Kuder, Cornelia ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Contractility; Crohn's disease; Gallbladder; Gallstones

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BILE ACID; COLESTYRAMINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029819573     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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