Ultrasonic evaluation of gallbladder emptying with ceruletide

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-39

  Muraca, M ^a   Cianci, V ^a   Vilei, M T ^a   Burighel, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallbladder emptying; Oral cholecystography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE DIETHYLAMINE; CHOLAGOGUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL CHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAERULEIN; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029914430     PISSN: 03920623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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