Effect of sex on perception of rectosigmoid stimuli in irritable bowel syndrome

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Chang, Lin ^a,b   Mayer, Emeran A ^a,b   Labus, Jennifer S ^a,b   Schmulson, Max ^a,c   Oh, Young Lee ^a,d   Olivas, Teresa I ^a   Stains, Jean ^a   Naliboff, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender; Visceral perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 33745856201     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00729.2005     Document Type: Article

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