Association between gallstone-evoked pain, inflammation and proliferation of nerves in the gallbladder: A possible explanation for clinical differences

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 878-884

  Hennig, Rene ^a   Zanli, Jiang ^a   Osman, Tarek ^a   Esposito, Irene ^a   Berhane, Tewelde ^b   Vetrhus, Morten ^b   Søndenaa, Karl ^c   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallstones; Nerve growth alteration; Pain; PGP 9.5

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE GROWTH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE; PAIN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 34250186399     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701207074     Document Type: Article

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