Fecal incontinence: A woman's view

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages s610-s617

  Hawes, Sara K ^a   Ahmad, Asyia ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; AMITRIPTYLINE; CILANSETRON; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; TEGASEROD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTERITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLERODERMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33845383203     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00968.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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