Do stool form and frequency correlate with whole-gut and colonic transit results from a multicenter study in constipated individuals and healthy controls

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Saad, Richard J ^a   Rao, Satish S C ^b   Koch, Kenneth L ^c   Kuo, Braden ^d   Parkman, Henry P ^e   McCallum, Richard W ^f   Sitrin, Michael D ^g   Wilding, Gregory E ^g   Semler, Jack R ^h   Chey, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^h SmartPill Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349083144     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.612     Document Type: Article

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