Balloon-distension studies in the gastrointestinal tract: Current role

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 286-296

  Gregersen, Hans ^a,b,c   Drewes, Asbjørn M ^a,b   McMahon, Barry P ^a,d   Liao, Donghua ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Balloon distension; Cross section area; Impedance planimetry; Muscle function; Tension

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; BALLOON DILATATION; CALCULATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LIVER DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STOMACH MUSCLE; TENSION; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BALLOON DILATATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS;

EID: 33746380851     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092882     Document Type: Review

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