Chronic constipation: Overview and challenges

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Cook, I J ^a   Talley, N J ^b,c   Benninga, M A ^d   Rao, S S ^e   Scott, S M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Constipation; Epidemiology; Investigation; Physiology; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CONSTIPATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350651429     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01399.x     Document Type: Review

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