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February 1971, Vol 121, No. 2 >
Article | February 1971

Constipation in Twins FREE

Harry Bakwin, MD; Murray Davidson, MD
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Received for publication Oct 22,1970.

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Am J Dis Child. 1971;121(2):179-181. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1971.02100130133018.
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Constipation was present in 8.7% of 676 children (338 twin pairs). Monozygotic twins were concordant for constipation almost four times as frequently as dizygotic twins, indicating a genetic predisposition for constipation. Further evidence of the hereditary nature of constipation is shown by the family studies: the incidence of constipation in the children was increased whan a parent, a sibling, or a twin was constipated.

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Davidson M:  Constipation , in Green M, Haggerty RZ (eds): Ambulatory Pediatrics . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1968;, pp 220-225.
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Bakwin H: Enuresis in twins. Amer J Dis Child, to be published.
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Davidson M, Kugler MM, Bauer CH:  Diagnosis and management in children with severe and protracted constipation and obstipation . J Pediat 62:261-275,1963;.
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Davidson M, Steinberg H, Almy TP:  Studies of distal colonic motility: III. The pathologic physiology of congenital megacolon (Hirschsprung's disease) . Gastroenterology 29:803-823,1955;.
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Coekin M, Gairdner D:  Fecal incontinence in children . Brit Med J 2:1175-1180, 1960;.
2 +
Davidson M:  Constipation , in Green M, Haggerty RZ (eds): Ambulatory Pediatrics . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1968;, pp 220-225.
3 +
Bakwin H: Enuresis in twins. Amer J Dis Child, to be published.
4 +
Davidson M, Kugler MM, Bauer CH:  Diagnosis and management in children with severe and protracted constipation and obstipation . J Pediat 62:261-275,1963;.
5 +
Ziskind A, Gellis SS:  Water intoxication following tap water enemas . Amer J Dis Child 96:699-704, 1958;.
6 +
Davidson M, Steinberg H, Almy TP:  Studies of distal colonic motility: III. The pathologic physiology of congenital megacolon (Hirschsprung's disease) . Gastroenterology 29:803-823,1955;.
7 +
Lipkin M, Almy TP, Bell B:  Pressure volume characteristics of the human colon . J Clin Invest 41:1831-1839, 1962;.
8 +
Jorup S:  Colonic hyperperistalsis in neurolabile infants: Studies in so-called dyspepsia in breast fed infants . Acta Paediat 41 ( (suppl 85) ):596-599, 1952;.
9 +
Jost H, Sontog LW:  The genetic factor in autonomic nervous system function . Psychosom Med 6:308-310,1944;.
10 +
Van der Waals HG:  Heredity and psychoanalysis . Int J Psychoanal 29:41-52,1948;.

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