Diagnostic dilemmas and results of treatment for chronic constipation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-41

  Keuzenkamp Jansen, C W ^a   Fijnvandraat, C J ^a   Kneepkens, C M F ^a   Douwes, A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Laxatives; Plain abdominal radiography

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; LACTITOL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029950059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.1.36     Document Type: Article

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