Gallbladder motility in healthy volunteers: Effects of age, gender, body mass index, and hair color

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1232-1235

  Lock, Guntram ^a,b   Kammerl, Martin ^a   Schlottmann, Klaus ^a   Bregenzer, Nicole ^a   Holstege, Axel ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Gallbladder emptying; Gender; Motility; Normal values; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; HAIR COLOR; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141540535     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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