Changes in intestinal electrical activity during ischaemia correlate to pathology

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Ladipo, J K ^a   Bradshaw, L A ^a   Halter, S ^b   Richards, W O ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic electrical rhythm; Intestinal ischaemia; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILEUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RHYTHM; STUDENT T TEST; TIME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INNERVATION; INTESTINE; ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 0042208752     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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