Motility of the Biliary Tract

Textbook of Gastroenterology, Fifth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 264-283

  Mawe, Gary M ^a   Moses, Peter L ^b,c   Saccone, Gino T P ^d   Pozo, Maria J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biliary tract motility; Biliary tract motility and pathophysiology; Electrical and synaptic properties of gallbladder neurons; Gallbladder emptying; Gallbladder neurobiology; Gallbladder smooth muscle cells; Inflammation and gallbladder dysmotility; Sphincter of Oddi; Sphincter of Oddi and postcholecystectomy syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882525016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303254.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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