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Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine +11

Tolerance for Rectosigmoid Distention in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Standardization of Barostat Procedures for Testing Smooth Muscle Tone and Sensory Thresholds in the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +12

Repetitive sigmoid stimulation induces rectal hyperalgesia in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

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Medicine, Neurology, Pain Management +9

Evidence for the hypersensitivity of lumbar splanchnic afferents in irritable bowel syndrome

Tony Lembo, Julie Munakata, Howard Mertz et al. · Gastroenterology · 1994 · 293 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology +7