How well does stool form reflect colonic transit?

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Degen, L P ^a   Phillips, S F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

colonic transit; stool form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 0030006935     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.1.109     Document Type: Article

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