Visceral sensation and emotion: A study using hypnosis

Gut

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 701-704

  Houghton, L A ^a   Calvert, E L ^a   Jackson, N A ^a   Cooper, P ^a   Whorwell, P J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE WALL; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; BALLOON DILATATION; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; RECTUM; RESPIRATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0036839345     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.5.701     Document Type: Article

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