Letter: orlistat as a potential treatment for chronic idiopathic constipation
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Outcome of behavioural treatment for idiopathic chronic constipation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0269-2813
DOI: 10.1111/apt.13555