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Constipation in children : diagnosis and treatment / Ramon Nunez Nunez and Maria Angelica Fabbro, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Public health in the 21st century series.
- Public Health in the 21st Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constipation in children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume on constipation in children contains a complete update of this common problem in the world. It has been written by authors from 9 countries, who are experts in this field. In most cases, constipation is functional in origin, but one mustn't forget the organic causes such as Hirschsprungs disease, endocrine-metabolic disorders (Hypotiroidism, hypokalemia) or digestive diseases such as celiac disease or cystic fibrosis. Over the course of 18 chapters, this book describes the epidemiology and genetics of constipation, the anatomophysiology of defecation, aetiology, physiopathology, anterior ectopic anus, clinical evaluation, diagnostic testing of defecation disorders, colonic dysmotility, differential diagnosis (functional vs. organic), and several treatment options (medical and surgical).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 05, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-900-2
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