Is colonic transit-time measurement valuable in the etiological evaluation of constipation?
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colonic transit time evaluation in patients with functional constipation
introduction: functional constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal symptoms which could affect patients’ quality of life. the colonic transit time test could be used for determining functional constipation subtypes. the aim of our study was to determine the abnormalities of the subtypes of functional constipation using ctt. methods and materials: this cross-sectional study was per...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1300-0705,1308-8521
DOI: 10.5152/ucd.2012.11