Chronic constipation - The role of clinical assessment and colorectal physiologic tests to obtain an etiologic diagnosis

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Lacerda Filho, Antônio ^a   Lima, Marcílio José Rodrigues ^a   Magalhães, Marisa Fonseca ^a   Paiva, Rodrigo De Almeida ^a   Da Cunha Melo, José Renan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecation; Gastrointestinal transit; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGACOLON; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTION; RECTOCELE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42649098934     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032008000100010     Document Type: Article

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