Pain and biomechanical responses to distention of the duodenum in patients with systemic sclerosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1230-1239

  Pedersen, Jan ^a   Gao, Chunwen ^a,b   Egekvist, Henrik ^c   Bjerring, Peter ^c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Gregersen, Hans ^a,b   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUODENUM; DUODENUM DISTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH DISTENSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0037622066     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)00265-8     Document Type: Article

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