Stool form scale as a useful guide to intestinal transit time

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 920-924

  Lewis, S J ^a,b   Heaton, K W ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Diarrhoea; Intestinal transit; Stool form score

Indexed keywords

LOPERAMIDE; SENOKOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG CAPSULE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENNA; TABLET;

EID: 0030868530     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709011203     Document Type: Article

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