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Differential of constipation


Table 8: Causes of constipation
Normal for this person
Ideopathic slow transit
Drugs; (Opiates, Aluminum salts, Anticholinergics, Iron)
Post gastroenteritis
Hirsprung's disease and its variants
Chaga's disease



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