Constipation

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1231-1246

  Wald, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BISACODYL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CASCARA SAGRADA; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIURETIC AGENT; DOCUSATE SODIUM; EMODIN; GLYCEROL; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METHYLCELLULOSE; MINERAL OIL; OPIATE AGONIST; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; POLYCARBOPHIL CALCIUM; PROKINETIC AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN 3 AGONIST; SORBITOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033829736     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70284-4     Document Type: Article

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