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Colonic Transit Time and Gut Peptides in Adult Patients with Slow and Normal Colonic Transit Constipation.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2017
Riezzo Giuseppe, Chimienti Guglielmina, Clemente Caterina, D'Attoma Benedetta, Orlando Antonella, Mammone Rinaldi Caterina, Russo Francesco
Abstract excerpt
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 frequency distribution...
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