Loperamide suppositories in an adolescent with childhood-onset functional non-retentive fecal soiling

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-200

  Voskuijl, Wieger P ^a,b   Van Ginkel, Rijk ^a   Taminiau, Jan A ^a   Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^b   Benninga, Marc A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOPERAMIDE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD REARING; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SUPPOSITORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDIARRHEALS; ENCOPRESIS; HUMANS; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; SUPPOSITORIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348022855     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200308000-00022     Document Type: Article

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