title: Chronic diarrhea. A practical approach for the pediatrician.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Baldassano
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Liacouras
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male