Functional ultrasound in gastroenterology;Sonografische funktionsuntersuchungen in der gastroenterologie

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 883-896

  Nuernberg, D ^a   Braden, B ^b   Ignee, A ^c   Schreiber Dietrich, D C ^c   Dietrich, Christoph F ^c  

^a Ruppiner Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Irritable colon irritabile; Malassimilation; Motility disorder; Sprue

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INVAGINATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MEASUREMENT; PANCREATITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PYLORUS; REVIEW; STOMACH;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LIVER CIRCULATION; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PORTAL SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 54049084277     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027408     Document Type: Review

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