The impact of laxative use upon symptoms in patients with proven slow transit constipation

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dinning, Phil G ^a,b   Hunt, Linda ^b   Lubowski, David Z ^c   Kalantar, Jamshid S ^d   Cook, Ian J ^e   Jones, Mike P ^f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; DOCUSATE SODIUM; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SENNA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE;

EID: 80755143068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-121     Document Type: Article

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