Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A possible cause of idiopathic gastroparesis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 519-523

  Balaban, David H ^a,b   Chen, Jiande ^a   Lin, Zhiyue ^a   Tribble, Curtis G ^a   McCallum, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WAHSC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PARESIS; SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CELIAC ARTERY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX, MIGRATING; NAUSEA; PSOAS MUSCLES; SYNDROME; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031029692     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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