The role of pelvic floor dysfunction and slow colonic transit in adolescents with refractory constipation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1579-1584

  Chitkara, Denesh K ^a,b   Bredenoord, Albert J ^a   Cremonini, Filippo ^a   Delgado Aros, Silvia ^a   Smoot, Rory L ^a   El Youssef, Mounif ^a   Freese, Deborah ^a   Camilleri, Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON EXPULSION TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL FECAL RETENTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC FLOOR FUNCTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROME II CRITERIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANAL CANAL; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MANOMETRY; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 4444354580     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.30176.x     Document Type: Article

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