Constipation: An approach to diagnosis, treatment, referral

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Soffer, Edy E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LAXATIVE;

BLOOD; COLON; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; ENTERITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEGACOLON; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CALCIUM; CATHARTICS; COLECTOMY; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MEGACOLON; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0032607756     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.66.1.41     Document Type: Review

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