Colonic Transit Time and Gut Peptides in Adult Patients with Slow and Normal Colonic Transit Constipation
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Colonic Transit Time and Gut Peptides in Adult Patients with Slow and Normal Colonic Transit Constipation
PURPOSE To investigate whether pathophysiological differences exist among healthy controls (HC) and patients with slow and normal transit constipation (STC and NTC), we evaluated (1) gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms using validated questionnaires; (2) circulating concentrations of neurotensin, motilin, corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF), and somatostatin; and (3) possible differences in freque...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2017/3178263