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Colonic Propulsion in Diverticular Disease, Idiopathic Constipation, and the Irritable Colon Syndrome

W. O. Kirwan Dept. of Clinical Surgery and Wolfson Gastro-Intestinal Laboratories, Western General Hospital and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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A. N. Smith Dept. of Clinical Surgery and Wolfson Gastro-Intestinal Laboratories, Western General Hospital and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Pages 331-335 | Received 17 Jun 1976, Accepted 19 Oct 1976, Published online: 23 Feb 2010

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