Constipation in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 611-630

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a   Chan, Paul Y H ^a   Cho, Helen Y H ^a  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOCUSATE SODIUM; FLEET ENEMA; GLYCEROL; IRON; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SENNA;

CATHARTICS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 0029762243     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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