Megarectum in constipation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-58

  Van Der Plas, R N ^a   Benninga, M A ^a   Staalman, C R ^a   Akkermans, L M A ^b   Redekop, W K ^a   Taminiau, J A ^a   Buller H A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constipation; Faecal incontinence; Megarectum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MANOMETRY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033943255     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.1.52     Document Type: Article

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