Small-volume gallbladders and decreased motility in patients with achalasia

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-193

  Alagozlu, Hakan ^a   Unal, Selahattin ^a   Karakan, Tarkan ^a   Cindoruk, Mehmet ^a   Ergun, Meltem ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Gallbladder; Motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349143717     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225682.52712.f7     Document Type: Article

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