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- Title
Reduced bowel sounds in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy patients.
- Authors
Ozawa, Tetsutaro; Saji, Etsuji; Yajima, Ryuji; Onodera, Osamu; Nishizawa, Masatoyo
- Abstract
Digital auscultation of bowel sounds was performed in newly diagnosed, drug-naïve patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ( n = 10), multiple system atrophy (MSA) ( n = 12), progressive supranuclear palsy/corticobasal degeneration (PSP/CBD) ( n = 7), and control subjects ( n = 18). The number of bowel sounds per minute and the integrated time of bowel sounds were significantly lower in PD and MSA patients than in control subjects. Reduced bowel sounds may herald compromised gastrointestinal motility in patients with PD and MSA.
- Subjects
AUSCULTATION; ATROPHY; PARKINSON'S disease patients; PROGRESSIVE supranuclear palsy; GASTROINTESTINAL motility; MEDICAL sounds
- Publication
Clinical Autonomic Research, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 3, p181
- ISSN
0959-9851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10286-010-0102-6