Are constipated children different from constipated adults?

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 308-315

  Solzi, Gabriel F ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Constipation; Functional fecal retention

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; COLCHICINE; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MINERAL OIL; MISOPROSTOL; PROKINETIC AGENT; SORBITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033499287     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016956     Document Type: Article

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