| Literature DB >> 21481099 |
R C H Scheffer1, A J P M Smout.
Abstract
In a 38-year-old male patient diagnosed with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy an abnormally high duodenal contraction frequency of 20 per minute was found to be present. It is speculated that this tachyduodenia is caused by a metabolic effect on Cajal cells.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21481099 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01698.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurogastroenterol Motil ISSN: 1350-1925 Impact factor: 3.598