Diagnostic approach to chronic constipation in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Jamshed, Namirah ^a   Lee, Zone En ^a   Olden, Kevin W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MACROGOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80051482423     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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