Gallbladder muscle dysfunction in patients with chronic acalculous disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 506-511

  Amaral, Joseph ^a   Xiao, Zuo Liang ^a   Chen, Qian ^a   Yu, Peirong ^a   Biancani, Piero ^a   Behar, Jose ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); IODINE 125; SULFUR 35; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0035130154     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.21190     Document Type: Article

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