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Idiopathic slow-transit constipation: an almost exclusively female disorder

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. London, U K

    Charles H. Knowles Ph.D., F.R.C.S. & S. Mark Scott Ph.D.

  2. Harrow, UK

    Chris Rayner Ph.D., F.R.C.P.

  3. Stockholm, Sweden

    Abdulhakim Gali M.D. & Greger Lindberg Ph.D.,M.D.

  4. Harrow, UK

    Michael A. Kamm M.D., F.R.C.P.

  5. London, U K

    Peter J. Lunniss M.S., F.R.C.S.

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Knowles, C.H., Scott, S.M., Rayner, C. et al. Idiopathic slow-transit constipation: an almost exclusively female disorder. Dis Colon Rectum 46, 1716–1717 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02660783

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