Non-compliance does not impair qualitative evaluation of colonic transit time

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Bouchoucha, M ^a,b   Prado, J ^c   Chtourou, L ^b   Devroede, G ^d   Atanassiu, C ^b   Benamouzig, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonic transit time; Compartmental model; Radiopaque markers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; COLON; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INGESTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM; SIGMOID;

EID: 78650162075     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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