Chronic and Occult Stool Retention: A Clinical Tool for Its Evaluation in School-Aged Children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1979, Pages 674-686

  Barr, Ronald G ^a,b,c   Levine, Melvin D ^a,b,c   Wilkinson, Robert H ^a,b,c   Mulvihill, Denise ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; STOOL STASIS; THERAPY;

ABDOMEN; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ENCOPRESIS; HUMAN; PAIN;

EID: 0018715248     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992287901801103     Document Type: Article

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