Estrogen rather than progesterone cause constipation in both female and male mice

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 423-426

  Oh, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Yong Woon ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Kim, Jong Yeon ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Constipation; Estrogen; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84888632968     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: 20933827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2013.17.5.423     Document Type: Article

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