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Abstract
Loss or absence of normal intestinal function due to nerve damage or birth defects. It is characterized by the inability to control the elimination of stool from the body.
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- Bowel, Neurogenic
- Bowels, Neurogenic
- Neurogenic Bowels
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009
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Previous Indexing
- Central Nervous System Diseases (1973-2008)
- Constipation (1973-2008)
- Fecal Incontinence (1973-2008)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neurogenic Bowel. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055496. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055496
- Neurogenic Bowel. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554515