The constipated child: is there a correlation between symptoms and manometric findings?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-611

  Feinberg, Lisa ^a,b   Mahajan, Lori ^a   Steffen, Rita ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Manometry; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE DURATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INFORMED CONSENT; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 59849092551     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181684c94     Document Type: Article

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