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Colonic motility in children with constipation

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The predominant colonic motility pattern in constipated children with Hirschsprung's disease was hypomotile; in a small subgroup there was hypermotility.

Normal motility was a feature of megacolon of other causation.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland

    W. G. Scobie M.D., W. O. Kirwan M.D. &  A. N. Smith M.D.

  2. Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, Scotland

    W. G. Scobie M.D., W. O. Kirwan M.D. &  A. N. Smith M.D.

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Supported by S.H.E.R.T. Grant 418.

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Scobie, W.G., Kirwan, W.O. & Smith, A.N. Colonic motility in children with constipation. Dis Colon Rectum 20, 672–676 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586687

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