Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1544-1551 , May 2009

Abdominal Distention Results From Caudo-ventral Redistribution of Contents

  • Anna Accarino

      Affiliations

    • Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Frederic Perez

      Affiliations

    • Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Fernando Azpiroz

      Affiliations

    • Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Fernando Azpiroz, MD, Digestive System Research Unit, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, 08035 Barcelona, Spain. fax: (34) 93 489 44 56
    • ,
  • Sergi Quiroga

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan–R. Malagelada

      Affiliations

    • Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Received 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 29 January 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Education (Dirección General de Investigación, SAF 2006-03907) and Fundació La Marató TV3 (MARATV3_072010). Ciberehd is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00173-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.067

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1544-1551 , May 2009

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