Symptoms in chronic constipation
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 40 (8), 902-906
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02051196
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to evaluate whether detailed symptom analysis would help to identify pathophysiologic subgroups in chronic constipation.METHODS:In 190 patients with chronic constipation (age, 53 (range, 18-88) years; 85 percent of whom were women), symptom evaluation, tranKeywords
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