Defecation patterns in infants: A prospective cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 533-536

  Kramer, Esther A H ^a   Den Hertog Kuijl, Jolanda H ^a   Van Den Broek, Leonard M C L ^b   Van Leengoed, Ellen ^a   Bulk, Anneke M W ^c   Frank Kneepkens, C M ^d   Benninga, Marc A ^e  

^a Stichting Thuiszorg Midden Gelderland   (Netherlands)

^b GGD Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HARD FECES; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROME III CRITERIA; DEFECATION;

CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938935502     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307448     Document Type: Article

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