Occult Chronic Functional Constipation: An Overlooked Cause of Reversible Hydronephrosis in Childhood
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Occult constipation: a common cause of recurrent abdominal pain in childhood.
BACKGROUND An estimated 10% of all children are subject to recurrent attacks of abdominal pain of unknown origin. When no organic cause is found, the working diagnosis is usually functional abdominal pain. OBJECTIVES To investigate the possible causative role of occult constipation. METHODS We defined occult constipation as the absence of complaints of constipation on initial medical histor...
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عنوان ژورنال: West Indian Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0043-3144
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2015.429