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Idiopathic slow transit constipation is rare - but delayed passage of meconium is common in the constipation clinic

Date

Authors

Croaker, Geoffrey (David)

Pearce, Rebecca

Li, Jasmine

Nahon, I

Javaid, A

Kecskes, Zsuzsoka

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

We hypothesise that constipated children would be more likely to come from a socially deprived background. We also hypothesise that a percentage of children with resistant constipation would have a congenital gut motility problem that might be recognised

Keywords

Keywords: article; constipation; controlled study; female; follow up; human; major clinical study; male; meconium; preschool child; priority journal; Biopsy; Child, Preschool; Constipation; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrointestinal Transit; Humans; Infant, Newbor

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58748

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Pediatric Surgery International

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00383-007-2021-8

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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