How well does stool form reflect colonic transit?
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How well does stool form reflect colonic transit?
BACKGROUND Watery stools are equated with rapid and hard stools with slow intestinal transit; however, the relation between stool form and transit through specific regions of the gut is not clear cut. In addition, more information is needed on interindividual variability of these measurements. AIM To examine the relations between stool form and gastric emptying, small bowel and colonic transi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.1.109