Childhood constipation: Evaluation and treatment

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-205

  Youssef, Nader N ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood constipation; Evaluation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; LUBRICATING AGENT; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; OSMOTIC AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOPSY; CATHARTICS; CHILD; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ENCOPRESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; RECTUM;

EID: 0034888405     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200109000-00006     Document Type: Review

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