Ambulatory care for constipation in the United States, 1993-2004

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1746-1753

  Shah, Nilay D ^b   Chitkara, Denesh K ^c   Locke, G Richard ^d   Meek, Patrick D ^e   Talley, Nicholas J ^a,d,f  

^a Mayo Foundation ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^e ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; BULKING AGENT; CISAPRIDE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ENEMA; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LUBRICATING AGENT; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYCARBOPHIL CALCIUM; SENNA EXTRACT; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SORBITOL; TEGASEROD;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRAN; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPOSITORY; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649111199     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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