Ambulatory abdominal inductance plethysmography: Towards objective assessment of abdominal distension in irritable bowel syndrome

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 216-220

  Lewis, M J V ^a   Houghton, L A ^a   Whorwell, P J ^a   Reilly, B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal distension; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; BODY POSTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRITABLE COLON; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035125053     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.2.216     Document Type: Article

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