Validity of segmental transit studies used in routine clinical practice, to characterize defaecatory disorder in patients with functional constipation

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 818-822

  Cowlam, S ^a   Khan, U ^a   Mackie, A ^a   Varma, J S ^a   Yiannankou, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal radiography; Colonic transit; Constipation; Functional defecatory disorder

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SITZMARK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PROBABILITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52949126729     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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