Gastroenterology
Volume 125, Issue 2 , Pages 421-428 , August 2003

Gastric electrical stimulation for medically refractory gastroparesis

  • Thomas Abell

      Affiliations

    • University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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  • Richard McCallum

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Richard W. McCallum, M.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7350, USA; fax: (913) 588-3975
    • University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Hocking

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
    • ,
  • Kenneth Koch

      Affiliations

    • Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Hasse Abrahamsson

      Affiliations

    • University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Isabelle LeBlanc

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
    • ,
  • Greger Lindberg

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan Konturek

      Affiliations

    • Elbe Kliniken Stade, Stade, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Nowak

      Affiliations

    • St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • Eammon M.M Quigley

      Affiliations

    • National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
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  • Gervais Tougas

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Warren Starkebaum

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Received 17 September 2002 ,Accepted 15 May 2003.

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☆ Supported in part by Medtronic, Inc., Portions of the study were presented in abstract form at the American Gastroenterological Association meetings in 2001 and 2002.

PII: S0016-5085(03)00878-3

doi: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)00878-3

Gastroenterology
Volume 125, Issue 2 , Pages 421-428 , August 2003

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