Sensory and autonomic neuropathy in patients with idiopathic slow-transit constipation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-60

  Knowles, C H ^a,b   Scott, S M ^a   Wellmer, A ^a   Misra, V P ^a   Pilot, M A ^a   Williams, N S ^a   Anand, P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEAT; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REFLEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SWEAT GLAND; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING;

EID: 0347499563     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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