Electric activity of the colon in irritable bowel syndrome: The 'tachyarrhythmic' electric pattern

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-210

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ali A ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Colonic motility; Colonic tone; Constipation; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFUSION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SIGMOID; SKIN ELECTRODE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 1342289670     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03279.x     Document Type: Article

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