Which is the best distension protocol to study rectal sensitivity in the irritable bowel syndrome?

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-220

  Rey, Enrique ^a   Alvarez Sanchez A ^a   Diaz Rubio M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barostat; Distension protocols; Irritable bowel syndrome; Visceral perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; RATING SCALE; RECTUM; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RECTUM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036527321     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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