Ultrasonography in the assessment of gallbladder motor activity

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages 67-69

  Pallotta, Nadia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile flux; Gallbladder; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIGLYCINE;

ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BILE FLOW; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CYSTIC DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BILE; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 1842417489     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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