Constipation: an overlooked, unmanaged symptom of patients with pheochromocytoma and sympathetic paraganglioma
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Constipation: an overlooked, unmanaged symptom of patients with pheochromocytoma and sympathetic paraganglioma.
OBJECTIVE Pheochromocytomas (PHs) and sympathetic paragangliomas (PGs) are tumors that produce catecholamines, predisposing patients to cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal effects such as constipation. OBJECTIVES i) determine the prevalence of constipation, its risk factors, and its impact on survival; ii) identify whether a systematic combination of fiber, water, and laxatives was ef...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje-15-0456