Pain produced by electric stimulation of the rectum in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Further evidence of visceral hyperalgesia

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1001-1006

  Rossel P ^a   Drewes, A M ^a   Petersen, P ^a   Nielsen, J ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Irritable bowel syndrome; Visceral hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECTUM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0032740441     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750025101     Document Type: Article

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