The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 6 , Pages 666-669 , December 2007

Constipation as Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children

  • Vera Loening-Baucke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vera Loening-Baucke, MD, Children’s Hospital, JCP 2555, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242.
    • ,
  • Alexander Swidsinski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Charité Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Received 23 January 2007 ,Revised 5 April 2007 ,Accepted 1 May 2007.

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PII: S0022-3476(07)00455-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.006

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 6 , Pages 666-669 , December 2007

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