Managing slow-transit constipation

Complex Anorectal Disorders: Investigation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 429-445

  Pfeifer, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 37249019164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-84628-057-5_24     Document Type: Chapter

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