Diagnosis and follow-up in constipated children: Should we use ultrasound?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1849-1855

  Karaman, Ayşe ^a   Ramadan, Selma Uysal ^b   Karaman, Ibrahim ^a   Gökharman, Dilek ^b   Erdoǧan, Derya ^a   Kacar, Mahmut ^b   Çavuşoǧlu, Yusuf Hakan ^a   Koşar, Uǧur ^b  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Constipation; Rectum; Rome III criteria; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOID; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM;

EID: 77956859479     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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