Constipation and colonic transit times in children with morbid obesity

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-445

  Vd Baan Slootweg, Olga H ^a   Liem, Olivia ^a   Bekkali, Noor ^a   Van Aalderen, Wim M C ^a   Rijcken, Tammo H Pels ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^c   Benninga, Marc A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Emma's Children's Hospital/AMC ^*  (Netherlands)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

child; colonic transit; constipation; fecal incontinence; frequency; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY, MORBID; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953833193     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181ef8e3c     Document Type: Article

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