Paediatric and adult colonic manometry: A tool to help unravel the pathophysiology of constipation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 5162-5172

  Dinning, Philip G ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b   Southwell, Bridget R, ^c,d   Mark Scott, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Colon; Constipation; Manometry; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLONIC MANOMETRY; CONSTIPATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 78649404598     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5162     Document Type: Editorial

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