Chronic diarrhea. A practical approach for the pediatrician.
Despite the high prevalence of chronic diarrhea there is no universal approach to its diagnosis and treatment. This article summarizes the pathophysiologic processes that result in chronic diarrhea and presents a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to this often distressing problem.
Baldassano
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Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Liacouras
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male