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Short-term effect of a negative colonoscopy in patients with functional constipation

Qi-Shan Zeng MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Juliana Yang MDDivision of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Chun-Cheng Wu MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Lian-Song Ye MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Wei Liu MDDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Hong-Ze Zeng MDDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Shan Jiang MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Yu-Hang Zhang MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Xiang-Lei Yuan MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Xian-Hui Zeng MMDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Yong-Hong Luo MBDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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Bing Hu MDDepartment of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 18-21 | Received 09 Apr 2018, Accepted 17 Jul 2018, Published online: 26 Nov 2018

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