Treatment of severe childhood constipation with restorative proctocolectomy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 867-870

  Asipu, Deepti ^a   Jaffray, Bruce ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON LAVAGE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMA;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349277615     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.172973     Document Type: Article

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