How to interpret a functional or motility test - colon transit study

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Kim, Eun Ran ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon transit time; Colonic scintigraphy; Radioopaque markers; Wireless motility capsule

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; PENTETATE INDIUM IN 111; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON MOTILITY; COLON TRANSIT TIME; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON; WIRELESS MOTILITY CAPSULE;

EID: 84857607967     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2012.18.1.94     Document Type: Article

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