Use of pelvic ultrasound in the diagnosis of megarectum in children with constipation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1941-1944

  Singh, Shailinder Jit ^a   Gibbons, Nicola J ^a   Vincent, Michelle V ^a   Sithole, Jabolani ^a   Nwokoma, Ngozi Joy ^a   Alagarswami, Korapadi V ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Megarectum; Pelvic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEGARECTUM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PELVIS; RECTUM;

EID: 28844438976     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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