Prevalence and clinical presentation of constipation in children with severe generalized cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Veugelers, Rebekka ^a,b   Benninga, Marc A ^c   Calis, Elsbeth C ^a,b   Willemsen, Sten P ^a   Evenhuis, Heleen ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^b   Penning, Corine ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; LACTITOL; LACTULOSE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; DEFECATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERALIZED CEREBRAL PALSY; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALPATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENNA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY FIBER; DYSKINESIAS; FOLLOW UP; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAXATIVES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

EID: 77955730457     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03701.x     Document Type: Article

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