Clinical and physiological heterogeneity in slow transit constipation: A review of 122 patients

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 212-219

  Knowles, ^a   Scott, ^a   Williams, ^a   Lunniss, ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Constipation; Physiology; Slow transit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034518197     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2000.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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