Patterns of colonic motility as recorded by a sham fecaloma reveal differences among patients with idiopathic chronic constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 480-489

  García Olmo, Damián ^a   Sanchez, Pedro Cascales ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colon motility; Constipation; Sham fecaloma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM MOTILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18344406809     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235763     Document Type: Article

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