Bowel dysfunction and colon transit time in brain-injured patients

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-378

  Lim, Yu Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^b   Lee, Moon Young ^a   Joo, Min Cheol ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bowel dysfunction; Brain injury; Colon transit time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867077660     PISSN: 22340645     EISSN: 22340653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.3.371     Document Type: Article

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