Constipation and other chronic gastrointestinal problems in spinal cord injury patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  De Looze, D ^a   Van Laere, M ^a   De Muynck, M ^a   Beke, R ^a   Elewaut, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Constipation; Faecal incontinence; SCI

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031962718     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100531     Document Type: Article

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