Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 518932, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/518932
Clinical Study

Comparison of Two Common Outpatient Preparations for Colonoscopy in Children and Youth

Carolina Jimenez-Rivera,1,2 Donna Haas,1 Margaret Boland,1,2 Janice L. Barkey,1,2 and David R. Mack1,2

1Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
2Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada

Received 10 March 2009; Revised 15 July 2009; Accepted 14 November 2009

Academic Editor: Vasundhara Tolia

Copyright © 2009 Carolina Jimenez-Rivera et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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