Idiopathic chronic constipation: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 40, 2001, Pages 1050-1057

  Candelli, M ^a   Nista, E C ^a   Zocco, M A ^a   Gasbarrini, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idiopathic Chronic constipation; Pelvic floor disfunction; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LACTITOL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SORBITOL;

BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 0034880828     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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