Comparison of the effectiveness of polyethylene glycol 4000 without electrolytes and magnesium hydroxide in the treatment of chronic functional constipation in children

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Gomes, Patricia Boechat ^a   Duarte, Marco Antônio ^a   De Melo, Maria Do Carmo Barros ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Constipation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; MACROGOL 4000; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951808830     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2051     Document Type: Article

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