Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 517-522 , June 2004

Chronic functional constipation in adolescents: clinical findings and motility studies

  • Carlos Zaslavsky, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Gastroenterology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Carlos Zaslavsky, Ramiro Barcelos 910/1003 Porto Alegre RS, Brazil. 90035-000.
    • ,
  • Sergio Gabriel S De Barros, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Gastroenterology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Antonio Carlos Gruber, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Gastroenterology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Antonio Carlos MacIel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Gastroenterology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Themis R Da Silveira, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Gastroenterology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Brazil

,Accepted 24 July 2003.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00337-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.07.018

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 517-522 , June 2004

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