Magnetic stimulation: A novel method for the treatment of chronic constipation

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 477-481

  Shafik, A ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Defecation; Intestinal transit; Rectal inertia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032425997     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709809153122     Document Type: Article

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