Evaluation of a biomagnetic technique for measurement of orocaecal transit time

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 491-495

  Oliveira, Ricardo B ^a   Baffa, Oswaldo ^a   Troncon, Luiz E A ^a   Miranda, José R A ^a   Cambrea, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomagnetism; Gastrectomy; Gastrointestinal motility; Gut transit time; Small intestine; Susceptometry

Indexed keywords

FERRITE; LACTULOSE; LOPERAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST MEAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029894368     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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