title: Clinical application of the cholecystokinin provocation test.
abstract: This paper reviews the value of administration of cholecystokinin (CCK) in the assessment of patients thought to have acalculous biliary pain. The literature contains conflicting reports and there is no unequivocal evidence to support the use of CCK provocation tests as a basis for deciding the need for cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Sunderland
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002766:Cholecystokinin