Colorectal visceral perception in diverticular disease

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-722

  Clemens, C H M ^a   Samsom, M ^a   Roelofs, J ^a   Van Berge Henegouwen, G P ^a   Smout, A J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SIGMOID;

ADULT; AGED; COLON; COMPLIANCE; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PRESSURE; RECTUM; SENSATION;

EID: 2342435694     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.018093     Document Type: Article

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