Diseases

Gastroparesis

Chronic delayed gastric emptying. Gastroparesis may be caused by motor dysfunction or paralysis of STOMACH muscles or may be associated with other systemic diseases such as DIABETES MELLITUS.

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Chronic delayed gastric emptying. Gastroparesis may be caused by motor dysfunction or paralysis of STOMACH muscles or may be associated with other systemic diseases such as DIABETES MELLITUS.

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5 entry terms
  • Gastric Stasis
  • Gastric Stases
  • Gastropareses
  • Stases, Gastric
  • Stasis, Gastric

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • Stomach Diseases (1966-1994)

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  1. C06w.405w.748w.543w
  2. C23.888w.592.636w.263w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastroparesis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018589. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018589
  2. Gastroparesis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroparesis
  3. Gastroparesis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943897