Intestinal gas and bloating: Effect of prokinetic stimulation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2036-2042

  Accarino, Anna ^a   Perez, Frederic ^a   Azpiroz, Fernando ^a   Quiroga, Sergi ^a,b   Malagelada, Juan R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ABDOMINAL GAS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE;

EID: 49349115650     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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