Journal article
Abnormal Response to Cholinergic Stimulation in the Circular Muscle Layer of the Human Colon in Diverticular Disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Diverticular disease is characterized by the occurrence of small herniations of the colonic mucosa, through the external muscle coats of the colon. The muscle wall is thickened, high intraluminal pressures can be recorded, and often constipation develops. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether an abnormality in the electric myogenic control activity could be found to help explain the etiology and symptoms of the …
Authors
Huizinga JD; Waterfall WE; Stern HS
Journal
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 683–688
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 1999
DOI
10.1080/003655299750025886
ISSN
0036-5521