The physiology of colonic hydrotherapy

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 686-688

  Seow choen, Francis ^a  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colonic bacteria; Colonic hydrotherapy; Colonic toxins

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ENEMA;

ABSCESS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COFFEE; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON DILATATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FLORA; COLON LAVAGE; COLON MOTILITY; COLONIC HYDROTHERAPY; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LETHAL DOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PERFORATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TOXEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

COLON; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ENEMA; HUMANS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 68549110523     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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