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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Gallbladder motor function was evaluated in 21 Chagasic patients with megacolon and/or megaesophagus and the results were compared with those obtained in 19 control subjects. Gallbladder contraction was evaluated by the radiologic method after the application of two different stimuli: an exogenous one consisting of intravenous injection of cholecystokinin octapeptide at the dose of 30 ng/kg over a period of 1 min, radiologic evaluation was performed before and 5, 10, 15 and 20 min after the stimulus; an endogenous one produced by standardised intraduodenal instillation of a lipid emulsion, radiologic evaluation was performed before and 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 min after the beginning of intraduodenal infusion. The gallbladder of the Chagasic patients was found to be hypersensitive to both stimuli, since it contracted in a statistically more intense manner, with contraction starting earlier and lasting longer than among the controls. This difference in contracting behavior suggests impairment of the inhibitory intrinsic innervation of the gallbladder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0012-2823
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Gallbladder motor function in chagasic patients with megacolon and/or megaesophagus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't