Pathophysiology of constipation in the older adult

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2631-2638

  McCrea, G Lindsay ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^a   Stotts, Nancy A ^a   Macera, Liz ^a   Varma, Madhulika G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Dysmotility; Functional constipation; Gastrointestinal tract; Mechanisms; Older adults; Pelvic floor dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CINAHL; CONSTIPATION; CONTINENCE; DEFECATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; AGE; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INNERVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 49649128175     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.2631     Document Type: Review

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