Practice parameters for the evaluation and management of constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2013-2022

  Ternent, Charles A ^b   Bastawrous, Amir L ^b   Morin, Nancy A ^b   Ellis, C Neal ^b   Hyman, Neil H ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL; TEGASEROD;

ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIET THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

CONSTIPATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 37249059968     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9000-y     Document Type: Review

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