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Clinical Trial
. 1989 Sep;78(5):682-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11126.x.

Bowel frequency in healthy children

M Fontana  1 , C Bianchi, F Cataldo, S Conti Nibali, S Cucchiara, L Gobio Casali, G Iacono, M Sanfilippo, G Torre
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Clinical Trial

Bowel frequency in healthy children

M Fontana et al. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

Bowel frequency was recorded, on a diary sheet basis, in 662 children from six Italian cities. There is a wide interindividual variability, showing a sharp decrease with age; we report the distribution of the percentiles in the different age groups. Among infants, the breast-fed ones pass significantly more stools than the formula-fed.

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