| Literature DB >> 1993406 |
M Bouchoucha1, B Nalpas, M Berger, P H Cugnenc, J P Barbier.
Abstract
The effects of alcohol withdrawal on total and segmental transit time were evaluated in 20 chronic alcoholic subjects. After withdrawal, colorectal transit time significantly increased from 24.9 +/- 3.6 to 33.3 +/- 4.5 hours mean +/- SE (P less than 0.01). This was the result of an exclusive increase in rectosigmoid transit time from 2.8 +/- 0.7 to 9.8 +/- 2.1 hours (P less than 0.001). No variations were found in right or left colon transit time. Distal colonic motility is thus a crucial factor in the genesis of diarrhea in chronic alcoholic subjects.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1993406 DOI: 10.1007/bf02049982
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dis Colon Rectum ISSN: 0012-3706 Impact factor: 4.585