Frequency of digital rectal examination in children with chronic constipation

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-379

  Gold, David M ^a   Levine, Jeremiah ^a   Weinstein, Toba A ^a   Kessler, Bradley H ^a   Pettei, Michael J ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; GLYCEROL; LAXATIVE; LUBRICATING AGENT; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTUM;

EID: 0032927191     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.4.377     Document Type: Article

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