Pseudo-pseudo-obstruction: Lessons in diagnosis and management

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 959-960

  Silk, D B A ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction; Pseudo pseudo obstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADHESIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CISAPRIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY;

EID: 6944239963     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200410000-00002     Document Type: Review

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