Approach to constipation in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 319-327

  Poddar, Ujjal ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Functional constipation; Laxative; Refractory; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES; FECES IMPACTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MANOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY CONSTIPATION; REVIEW; TODDLER; TREATMENT DURATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFANT; NEWBORN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAXATIVES;

EID: 84963751289     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-016-0845-9     Document Type: Review

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