High-fiber diet for treatment of constipation in women with pelvic floor disorders

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 908-913

  Shariati, Amir ^a,b   Maceda, Jose S ^a   Hale, Douglass S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 41649098339     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000308660.48204.7f     Document Type: Article

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