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• Constipation - No Longer Stuck (Stephen Gans Lecture)

• Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia and Slow Transit Constipation in Children: Current Concepts, Diagnosis and Treatments

Further References:

• Cholinergic transmission to colonic circular muscle of children with slow-transit constipation is unimpaired, but transmission via NK2 receptors is lacking. By Stanton MP, Hengel PT, Southwell BR, Chow CW, Keck J, Hutson JM, Bornstein JC. Neurogastroenterol Motility, 15(6): 669-678   2003

•  Rectal mucosal biopsy compared with laparoscopic seromuscular biopsy in the diagnosis of intestinal neuronal dysplasia in children with slow-transit constipation. By Imaji R, Kubota Y, Hengel P, Hutson JM, Chow CW. Journal of Paediatric Surgery  Volume 35, Issue 12 , December 2000, Pages 1728-1732.

•  Laparoscopic placement of the Chait caecostomy device via appendicostomy. By Stanton MP, Shin YM, Hutson JM.  Journal Paediatric Surgery. 2002 Dec;37(12):1766-7.

• Signs and symptoms of slow-transit constipation versus functional retention. Shin YM, Southwell BR, Stanton MP, Hutson JM. J Pediatric Surg. 2002 Dec;37(12):1762-5

• Slow transit constipation in children. Hutson JM, McNamara J, Gibb S, Shin YM. J Paediatrics Child Health. 2001 Oct;37(5):426-30. Review.

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