Imaging of constipation in infants and children

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-258

  Fotter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Constipation; Diagnostic imaging; Infants

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; REVIEW;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINES; RECTUM;

EID: 0031599941     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050373     Document Type: Review

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