Evaluation of Constipation by Abdominal Radiographs Correlated with Treatment Outcome in Children with Dysfunctional Elimination

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 966-969

  Allen, Heidi A ^a   Austin, J Christopher ^a   Boyt, Margaret A ^a   Hawtrey, Charles E ^a   Cooper, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIURNAL ENURESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34247585038     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.054     Document Type: Article

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