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Constipation in Children (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Robert Ferry, Jr., MD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Victoria NH Wilson, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Nancy A Wick, MD, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University and Baptist Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.


Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2007




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