Normative values for colonic transit time and patient assessment of constipation in adults with functional constipation: Systematic review with meta-analysis

Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Miller, Larry E ^a   Ibarra, Alvin ^b   Ouwehand, Arthur C ^b  

^a Miller Scientific Consulting   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic transit; Constipation; Functional; Meta analysis; Patient assessment; Rome III; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLONIC TRANSIT TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION QUALITY OF LIFE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION SYMPTOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 85032294055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11795522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1179552217729     Document Type: Review

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