Effects and mechanisms of acupuncture on biliary system motility

International Congress Series

Volumn 1238, Issue C, 2002, Pages 157-162

  Min, Byung I ^a,b   Kim, Ji Hoon ^b   Cho, Young Wuk ^a   Lee, Sung Koo ^c   Kim, Myung Hwan ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Biliary system motility; Cholecystokinin (CCK); Gastrointestinal motility; Sphincter of Oddi

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959204963     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00417-X     Document Type: Article

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