Relationship between gut-specific autonomic testing and bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 623-627

  Emmanuel, A V ^a,b   Chung, E A L ^b,c   Kamm, M A ^c   Middleton, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Bowel; Dysfunction; Human; Spinal cord injury; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, LARGE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349092865     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.14     Document Type: Article

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