A National Biofeedback Practitioners Service Evaluation: Focus on Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
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Biofeedback training in chronic constipation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontline Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2041-4137,2041-4145
DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2015-100660