Altered small bowel motility in patients with liver cirrhosis depends on severity of liver disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 738-742

  Madrid, Ana María ^a,b   Cumsille, Francisco ^a   Defilippi, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

liver cirrhosis; small bowel motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0030897255     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018899611006     Document Type: Article

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