Controversies concerning pathophysiology and management of acalculous biliary-type abdominal pain

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1391-1401

  Rastogi, Amit ^a   Slivka, Adam ^a   Moser, Arthur James ^a   Wald, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalculous biliary type abdominal pain; Cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Gallbladder ejection fraction; Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHM; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; ODDI SPHINCTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 22844432473     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2852-x     Document Type: Review

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