Association between bowel symptoms, symptom severity, and quality of life in Swedish patients with fecal incontinence

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-12

  Walter, Susanna ^a   Hjortswang, Henrik ^a   Holmgren, Katarina ^a   Hallböök, Olof ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorectal diseases; Functional disorders; General

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MESALAZINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEFECATION; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SWEDEN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 78651360137     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.513059     Document Type: Article

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