Diffuse gastrointestinal dysmotility by ultrasonography, manometry and breath tests in colonic inertia

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Portincasa, P ^a   Moschetta, A ^a   Giampaolo, M ^a   Palasciano, G ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

C breath test; Constipation; Mortility; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; CARBON 13; CISAPRIDE; ENEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; LAXATIVE; OSMOTIC AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON INERTIA; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH MOTILITY; SUPPOSITORY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 0034432961     PISSN: 0392291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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