Are colonic regular contractile frequency patterns in slow transit constipation a relevant pathophysiological phenomenon?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 552-556

  Bassotti, G ^a   Chistolini, F ^a   Battaglia, E ^b   Chiarioni, G ^c   Sietchiping Nzepa, F ^a   Dughera, L ^b   deRoberto, G ^a   Emanuelli, G ^b   Morelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Valeggio sul Mincio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon; Contractile patterns; Manometry; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MANOMETRY; MIGRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; SIGMOID; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 2142753983     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00271-8     Document Type: Article

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