Comparison of colonic transit time between patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 66-68

  Ansari, Reza ^a   Sohrabi, Sahand ^a   Ghanaie, Omid ^a   Amjadi, Hiva ^a   Merat, Shahin ^a   Vahedi, Homayoun ^a   Khatibian, Morteza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bowel motility; Functional bowel disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956623381     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0015-2     Document Type: Article

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