Prevalence and pathophysiology of functional constipation among women in Catalonia, Spain

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1560-1569

  Ribas, Yolanda ^a   Saldaña, Esther ^b   Martí Ragué, Joan ^b   Clavé, Pere ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SagradaFamilia school SAFA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dyssynergic defecation; Functional constipation; Pathophysiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREVALENCE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855181937     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822cb5c2     Document Type: Article

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