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Motility disorders: Diagnosis and treatment for the pediatric patient

Pediatric Clinics of North America, ISSN: 0031-3955, Vol: 49, Issue: 1, Page: 27-51
2002
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Motility disorders are common in children and may affect any area of the GI tract. The past decade has brought significant advances in the understanding of motility disorders in pediatrics. More sophisticated testing techniques have helped to differentiate normal from abnormal motility in children of different ages. Manometry now may be used to clarify the pathophysiologic defect underlying chest pain, dysphagia, rumination, gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and colonic neuromuscular disorders. Motility testing also may be used to identify the motor defect responsible for persistence of symptoms after surgery for GER or HD. New investigational techniques and prokinetic agents likely to be available in the future also were discussed.

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