Constipation as Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-669

  Loening Baucke, Vera ^a   Swidsinski, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 36148960486     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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