"Constipation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infrequent or difficult evacuation of FECES. These symptoms are associated with a variety of causes, including low DIETARY FIBER intake, emotional or nervous disturbances, systemic and structural disorders, drug-induced aggravation, and infections.
| Descriptor ID |
D003248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.150
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Constipation" by people in Profiles.
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Camilleri M, Subramanian T, Pagan F, Isaacson S, Gil R, Hauser RA, Feldman M, Goldstein M, Kumar R, Truong D, Chhabria N, Walter BL, Eskenazi J, Riesenberg R, Burdick D, Tse W, Molho E, Robottom B, Bhatia P, Kadimi S, Klos K, Shprecher D, Marquez-Mendoza O, Hidalgo G, Grill S, Li G, Mandell H, Hughes M, Stephenson S, Vandersluis J, Pfeffer M, Duker A, Shivkumar V, Kinney W, MacDougall J, Zasloff M, Barbut D. Oral ENT-01 Targets Enteric Neurons to Treat Constipation in Parkinson Disease : A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2022 12; 175(12):1666-1674.
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Khademi H, Kamangar F, Brennan P, Malekzadeh R. Opioid Therapy and its Side Effects: A Review. Arch Iran Med. 2016 Dec; 19(12):870-876.
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Stewart ML, Schroeder NM. Dietary treatments for childhood constipation: efficacy of dietary fiber and whole grains. Nutr Rev. 2013 Feb; 71(2):98-109.
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Petrovitch H, Abbott RD, Ross GW, Nelson J, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, Launer LJ, White LR. Bowel movement frequency in late-life and substantia nigra neuron density at death. Mov Disord. 2009 Feb 15; 24(3):371-6.
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Abbott RD, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Masaki KH, Launer LJ, Curb JD, White LR. Bowel movement frequency in late-life and incidental Lewy bodies. Mov Disord. 2007 Aug 15; 22(11):1581-6.
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Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Sanderson WT, Burchfiel CM, Kashon M, Sharp DS, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Environmental, life-style, and physical precursors of clinical Parkinson's disease: recent findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Neurol. 2003 Oct; 250 Suppl 3:III30-9.