Effect of the menstrual cycle on gallbladder fasting volume and postprandial emptying in nulliparous young females

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 330-334

  Xynos, Evaghelos ^a   Haroulakis, Nikos ^a   Petrakis, Ioannis ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Vassilakis, John Sophocles ^a   Gourtsoyiannls, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

estrogen; gallbladder emptying; Gallbladder motility; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031001206     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199706000-00003     Document Type: Article

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