Functional fecal incontinence in children

Annales Nestle

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Bongers, Marloes E J ^a,b   Benninga, Marc A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constipation, pediatric; Encopresis; Functional fecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; MACROGOL 3350;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; BAROSTAT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECTUM; REVIEW; SHAME; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34347379292     PISSN: 05178606     EISSN: 16614011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101717     Document Type: Review

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