Normal aspects of colorectal motility and abnormalities in slow transit constipation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2691-2696

  Bassotti, Gabrio ^a,b   de Roberto, Giuseppe ^a   Castellani, Danilo ^a   Sediari, Luca ^a   Morelli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic motility; Constipation; Slow transit

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLON MOTILITY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MANOMETRY; MEDLINE; METABOLITE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 18944384816     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i18.2691     Document Type: Review

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