The evaluation and treatment of functional constipation

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 32, Issue 223, 1997, Pages 8-17

  Mollen, R M H G ^a   Claassen, A T P M ^a   Kuijpers, J H C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofeeback; constipation; Defecation disorders; Intussusception; Outlet obstruction; Rectocele; Slow transit constipation; Subtotal colectomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; ANAL CANAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 0030629977     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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