Ultrasonography in the assessment of gastric and gallbladder motor function

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Pallotta, N ^a   Calabrese, E ^a   Alghisi, F ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antral contractions; Gallbladder motility; Gastric emptying; Transpyloric flow; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH MUSCLE;

GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 2342508976     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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