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Human Coprophagia

MedGen UID:
483654
Concept ID:
C3489701
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Coprophagia, Human; Coprophagy, Human; Human Coprophagy

Definition

A rare aberrant human behavior involving consumption of excrement. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHuman Coprophagia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Foxx RM, Martin ED
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Erickson SL, Gambrell AD, Fulcher J, Ward M
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2017 Dec;38(4):356-358. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000346. PMID: 28926346
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Hussain SZ, Dunn GD, Brown MF, Osman M
J Pediatr Surg 2010 Nov;45(11):e35-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.07.055. PMID: 21034927
Byard RW
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Diagnosis

Daniel C, Perry MS
Pediatr Neurol 2016 Apr;57:88-90. Epub 2016 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.11.013. PMID: 26880529
Hussain SZ, Dunn GD, Brown MF, Osman M
J Pediatr Surg 2010 Nov;45(11):e35-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.07.055. PMID: 21034927
Beck DA, Frohberg NR
Int J Psychiatry Med 2005;35(4):417-27. doi: 10.2190/6EWR-M247-4W17-HNK1. PMID: 16673841
Donnellan CA, Playfer JR
Age Ageing 1999 Mar;28(2):233-4. doi: 10.1093/ageing/28.2.233. PMID: 10350425
Jaffe ME, Sharma KK
J Forensic Sci 1998 May;43(3):549-55. PMID: 9608690

Therapy

Beck DA, Frohberg NR
Int J Psychiatry Med 2005;35(4):417-27. doi: 10.2190/6EWR-M247-4W17-HNK1. PMID: 16673841
Bugle C, Rubin HB
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Chaturvedi SK
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Prognosis

Hussain SZ, Dunn GD, Brown MF, Osman M
J Pediatr Surg 2010 Nov;45(11):e35-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.07.055. PMID: 21034927
Yeager BA, Lanata CF, Lazo F, Verastegui H, Black RE
J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1991 Sep;9(3):186-93. PMID: 1787272

Clinical prediction guides

Ing AD, Roane HS, Veenstra RA
J Appl Behav Anal 2011 Spring;44(1):151-5. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-151. PMID: 21541128Free PMC Article
Donnellan CA, Playfer JR
Age Ageing 1999 Mar;28(2):233-4. doi: 10.1093/ageing/28.2.233. PMID: 10350425

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