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Defecation Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Defecation disorders are common in children and adolescents. These individuals can have an impairment in quality of life and families seek medical professionals more often compared with healthy controls. Characterization of childhood and adolescent defecation disorders has evolved, and recently the disorders were included in Rome IV consensus. This consensus defines criteria and reviews the epidemiology pathophysiology and management of functional constipation and nonretentive fecal incontinence.

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Zaslavsky, C., Oliveira, L.C.C. (2020). Defecation Disorders in Children and Adolescents. In: Oliveira, L. (eds) Anorectal Physiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43811-1_20

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