Electrophysiologic, morphologic, and serologic features of chronic unexplained nausea and vomiting: Lessons learned from 121 consecutive patients

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Abell, Thomas L ^a   Familoni, Babajide ^b   Voeller, Guy ^c   Werkman, Robert ^d   Dean, Pat ^e   Waters, Bradford ^c   Smalley, David ^c   Salameh, J R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GI Pathology Partners   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX, MIGRATING; NAUSEA; SEROUS MEMBRANE; STOMACH; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64449084959     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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