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Scatolia in elderly people with dementia

✍ Scribed by A. H. Begg; C. McDonald

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 126 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930040112

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✦ Synopsis

Fourteen cases of scatolia (smearing of faeces) were studied and all were found to be constipated when they smeared. Relieving the constipation stopped the scatolia. K E Y woms-Elderly, dementia, scatolia, constipation.

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