Diagnosis and treatment of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in children: Report of consensus workshop

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-112

  Rudolph, Colin D ^j   Hyman, Paul E ^a   Altschuler, Steven M ^b   Christensen, James ^c   Colletti, Richard B ^d   Cucchiara, Salvatore ⁱ   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^e   Flores, Alex F ^f   Hillemeier, A Craig ^g   McCallum, Richard W ^h   Vanderhoof, Jon A ^k  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^k Childrens' Hospital of Orange County ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA ACTIN; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BETHANECHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CISAPRIDE; CREATINE KINASE; DOMPERIDONE; ELECTROLYTE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HYDROGEN; IPECAC; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALOXONE; OCTREOTIDE; OPIATE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN; RADIOISOTOPE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VINCA ALKALOID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ENTEROSTOMY; FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MANOMETRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH EMPTYING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA; VINCA;

EID: 0030894731     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199701000-00021     Document Type: Article

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