NeUroGastroenterology / / ed. by Enrico Corazziari.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Alcini, A.,; Alcini, E.,; Altomare, D. F.,; Amiel, J.,; Artibani, W.,; Attie, T.,; Azpiroz, F.,; Badiali, D.,; Bardan, E.,; Bellavere, F.,; Bonnemann, C. G.,; Bouhassira, D.,; Buéno, L.,; Calpista, A.,; Camilleri, M.,; Caprilli, R.,; Carbone, A.,; Carrara, F.,; Clouse, R. E.,; Coffin, B.,; Corazziari, E.,; De Grandis, D.,; Del Giudice, E.,; Delvaux, M.,; Di Lorenzo, C.,; Drossman, D. A.,; D’Addessi, A.,; Edery, P.,; Fanucci, A.,; Fava, G. A.,; Fowler, C. J.,; Frieri, G.,; Gezeroglu, H.,; Gussoni, E.,; Inghilleri, M.,; Jian, R.,; Kuffato, A.,; Kunkel, L. M.,; Latella, G.,; Lyonnet, S.,; Maio, G.,; Marcheggiano, A.,; Marsden, C. D.,; Mathias, C. J.,; Mayer, E. A.,; McNally, E. M.,; Milla, P. J.,; Mulonia, G.,; Munakata, J.,; Munnich, A.,; Mönnikes, H.,; Naliboff, B.,; Niboul-Fekete, C.,; Opsomer, R. J.,; Pagano, F.,; Pelet, A.,; Pescatori, E.,; Pesce, F.,; Pfeiffer, R. F.,; Piazza, R.,; Quigley, E. M. M.,; Racioppi, M.,; Ruffato, A.,; Shaker, R.,; Silverman, D.,; Staiano, A.,; Stocchi, F.,; Tugnoli, V.,; Van Kerrebroeck, Ph. E. V.,; Weber, J.,; Whitehead, W. E.,; Wilier, J. C.,
• HerausgeberIn: Corazziari, Enrico,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: Reprint 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (410 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- First-mentioned authors -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Functional visceral disorders -- 1.1 Brain-gut/bladder interactions -- Brain-gut mechanisms of visceral motor activity -- Brain-gut mechanisms of visceral sensitivity -- Psychosocial aspects of the functional gastrointestinal disorders -- Functional esophageal disorders -- Functional dyspepsia -- Functional bowel disorders: are they independent diagnoses? -- Functional bladder disorders -- Pharmacotherapy of altered brain-gut interactions -- Behavioral treatment of altered brain-gut mechanisms -- 1.2 Assessment of visceral sensitivity -- The barostat: a tool to evaluate visceral sensitivity -- Stimulation techniques of the gastrointestinal tract: evaluation of the responses and factors which determine the responses -- Vesico-urethral sensitivity: clinical implications -- Assessment of digestive sensitivity by a reflexologic technique -- 2. Neurogenic visceral dysfunctions -- 2.1 Visceral manifestations in neuro-degenerative diseases -- Gastrointestinal manifestations of movement disorders -- Epidemiology and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal manifestations in Parkinson's disease -- Alteration of alimentary function in primary autonomic failure -- Effect of altered control of the autonomic nervous system on gastrointestinal function -- Neurodiagnostic tests of degenerative diseases -- Diagnostic tests of the autonomic nervous system -- Urinary manifestation of neuro-degenerative diseases -- Cardiac dysautonomia in patients with symptomatic small volume prostatic benign hyperplasia -- Management of gastrointestinal alterations in Parkinson's disease -- Management of swallowing disorders -- Management of lower gastrointestinal alterations in degenerative nervous diseases -- 2.2 Visceral dysfunctions in spinal cord lesions -- Visceral manifestations in spinal cord lesions -- Lower urinary tract dysfunction in spinal cord injury -- Gastrointestinal manifestations in spinal cord lesions -- Management of lower gastrointestinal tract dysfunctions in patients with spinal cord injury -- 3. Gastrointestinal disorders in neuromuscular and neurological diseases in childhood -- Gastrointestinal disorders in neuromuscular and neurological diseases in childhood -- Genetic aspects of myopathies -- Genetics of Hirschsprung's disease -- Diagnosis and management of upper gastrointestinal dysfunctions in children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases -- Diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal dysfunctions -- 4. Functional and metabolic aspects of the orthotopic bladder and the urinary diversions -- Bladder replacement: experience with an ileocecal segment with multiple transverse teniamyotomies -- Orthotopic ileal bladder by "Vescica Ileale Padovana" -- Metabolic and colonic mucosal abnormalities following urinary-intestinal diversion -- Digital fluoroangiographic video-urodynamics in the follow-up of the urinary diverted patients -- Index