Use of Endoluminal Ultrasound to Evaluate Gastrointestinal Motility
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Use of endoluminal ultrasound to evaluate gastrointestinal motility.
The use of high-frequency ultrasound transducers in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) has already yielded remarkable findings concerning the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the GI tract and of various motility disorders. These transducers have made completely invisible portions of the GI tract (the longitudinal smooth muscle, muscles of the upper esophageal sphincter, components of the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0257-2753,1421-9875
DOI: 10.1159/000092886