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Scatolia in elderly people with dementia
Author(s) -
Begg A. H.,
McDonald C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930040112
Subject(s) - dementia , constipation , feces , medicine , gerontology , psychology , biology , disease , ecology
Abstract 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.