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By Malcolm C. Champion and William C. Orr. 344 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1996. $85. ISBN 0-86542-944-8.

This monograph covers motility in the gastrointestinal tract, from the esophagus to the anus. The authors are among the most active clinical investigators in the field. Each chapter has 50 to 145 references, and some of the clinically oriented chapters contain useful flow diagrams concerning management and treatment. Exception may be taken to some of the steps suggested, but they provide a useful starting point with which to approach common clinical problems.

The chapter entitled "Treatment of Gastroparesis" provides a summary discussion of the prokinetic drugs used to treat motility disorders. This discussion, however, includes many drugs that are not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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