Radionuclear transit to assess sites of delay in large bowel transit in children with chronic idiopathic constipation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-483

  Cook, Benjamin J ^a,b   Lim, Eugen ^a,b   Cook, David ^c   Hughes, Jodie ^c   Chow, Chung Wo ^c   Stanton, Michael P ^a   Bidarkar, Sandeep S ^a   Southwell, Bridget R ^c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic constipation; Functional fecal retention; Radionuclear transit; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; PHYTATE TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CHILD; COLLOID; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET THERAPY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON; TREATMENT FAILURE; X RAY;

EID: 13544271713     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.11.029     Document Type: Article

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