Sensitivity and distensibility of the rectum and sigmoid colon in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 827-832

  Drewes, A M ^a   Petersen, P ^a   Rossel P ^a   Gao, C ^a   Hansen, J B ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Colon; Irritable bowel syndrome; Pain; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0034953438     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655201750313351     Document Type: Article

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