›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 587-590.

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The progress in examinations of functional constipation in children #br#

Reviewer:ZHANG Liangjuan, Reviser:WANG Baoxi   

  1. (Department of Peditrics, The Fourth Military Medical University in Tangdu Hospital, Xi’an, 710038, Shaanxi, China)
  • Received:2014-02-24 Online:2014-06-15 Published:2014-06-15

Abstract: Functional constipation is a common and frequently occurring disease in childhood. In addition to meeting the clinical diagnostic criteria for constipation and performing the general routine examinations, there are the need to have further examinations such as colonic transit time measurement, anorectal manometry and colonoscopy in order to rule out other causes. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to introduce several latest research progress in examinations related to constipation in children and to provide some gui-dance and references for clinicians.