Influence of body posture on intestinal transit of gas

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 971-974

  Dainese, R ^a,b   Serra, J ^a   Azpiroz, F ^a   Malagelada, J R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; POSTURE; SELF CONCEPT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0038460954     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.7.971     Document Type: Article

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