Practical symptom-based evaluation of chronic constipation

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 580-584

  Bleser, Scott D ^a  

^a Bellbrook Medical Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ANAMNESIS; BARIUM ENEMA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746101464     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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