A 6-year follow-up study of chronic constipation and soiling in a specialist paediatric service

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Procter, Elizabeth ^a   Loader, P ^b  

^a Dept of Child/Adol Mental Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Follow up; Outcome; Soiling

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037343483     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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