Recalled and recorded bowel habits confirm early onset and high frequency of constipation in day-care nursery children Relato e registro do hábito intestinal de crianças em creches confirmam alta frequência e início precoce de constipação

CONTEXT: Mothers recall early-onset constipation in children attending gastroenterology clinics. OBJECTIVES: To study the bowel habit of young children in the community to determine, first, whether early-onset constipation is confirmed in this setting and, second, the agreement between recalled and...

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Main Authors: Hilton Coimbra Borgo, Helga Verena Leoni Maffei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2009-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032009000200013