Determination of the frequency of dyssynergic defecation and patient characteristics in patients with functional constipation

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Öncü, Kemal ^a   Özel, A Melih ^a   Demirtürk, Levent ^a   Gürbüz, Ahmet Kemal ^a   Yazgan, Yusuf ^a   Kizilkaya, Eşref ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constipation; Dyssynergic defecation; Functional; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSSYNERGIC DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TURKEY;

EID: 79951970788     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0123     Document Type: Article

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