Gastrointestinal transit abnormalities are frequently detected in patients with unexplained GI symptoms at a tertiary centre

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-205

  Sadik, R ^a   Stotzer, P O ^a   Simren M ^a   Abrahamsson, H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constipation; Diarrhoea; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Gastrointestinal transit; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MOTILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNDERWEIGHT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLON; DEFECATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 38849087325     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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