Colonic manometry in children with defecatory disorders: Role in diagnosis and management

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1052-1057

  Pensabene, Licia ^a   Youssef, Nader N ^a   Griffiths, Janet M ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DILATATION; COLON MOTILITY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038805257     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(03)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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