Function and dysfunction of the colon and anorectum in adults: Working team report of the Swedish motility group (SMoG)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 646-660

  Karling, Pontus ^a   Abrahamsson, Hasse ^b   Dolk, Anders ^c   Hallbook, Olof ^d   Hellstrom, Per M ^e   Knowles, Charles H ^f   Kjellstrom, Lars ^g   Lindberg, Greger ^e   Lindfors, Per Johan ^g   Nyhlin, Henry ^g   Ohlsson, Bodil ^h   Schmidt, Peter T ^e   Sjolund, Kristina ⁱ   Sjovall, Henrik ^b   Walter, Susanne ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ Trelleborg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Constipation; Fecal incontinence; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Gastrointestinal motility disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BISACODYL; BULKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; COLESTYRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOCUSATE SODIUM; IRON; ISPAGULA; LACTITIOL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SALT; METHYLCELLULOSE; NATRIUMPICOSULPHATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SENNA EXTRACT; TEGASEROD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON DISEASE; COLON SECRETION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECES IMPACTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; SENNA; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; STERCULIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 67651159346     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520902718713     Document Type: Review

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