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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gharibans AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864836 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20180322 1
The increasing prevalence of functional and motility gastrointestinal (GI) disorders is at odds with bottlenecks in their diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Lack of noninvasive approaches means that only specialized centers can perform objective assessment procedures. Abnormal GI muscular activity, which is coordinated by electrical slow-waves, may play a key role in symptoms. As such, the electrogastrogram (EGG), a noninvasive means to continuously monitor gastric electrical activity, can be ...[more]