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. 2002 Jul;51(Suppl 1):i63–i66. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.suppl_1.i63

Pathophysiology of functional dyspepsia

M Thumshirn
PMCID: PMC1867724  PMID: 12077069

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Gastric accommodation in healthy controls and in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). In patients, reduced accommodation was not influenced by Helicobacter pylori status (Hp+ or Hp-). Reproduced with permission from Thumshirn and colleagues.5

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Effect of gastric relaxation and pain perception. Clonidine reduced pain perception at a 0.1 mg dose in the presence of modest gastric relaxation (A) whereas nitroglycerin did not affect pain despite significant gastric relaxation (B). Reproduced with permission from Thumshirn and colleagues.23

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