In vitro responses of gallbladder muscle from patients with acalculous biliary pain

Digestion

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-144

  Ahmed, Rosina ^a   Bird, Nigel ^a,b   Chess Williams, Russell ^b   Thomas, William E G ^a   Johnson, Alan G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acalculous pain; Biliary pain; Cholecystokinin provocation test; Gallstones; Motility

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CERULETIDE DIETHYLAMINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034005350     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007747     Document Type: Article

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