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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: During cisapride therapy, there was a significant improvement in number of spontaneous bowel movements per week (from 0. 9 + / - 0. 1 to 4. 1 + / - 1. 1), and there was a significant decrease in number of fecal soiling episodes per day (1. 8 + / - 0. 5 to 0. 08 + / - 0. 4), percent with encopresis (82 % vs 23 %), number of laxative doses per week (from 10. 3 + / - 2. 6 to 0. 8 + / - 0. 6), percent using laxatives (77 % to 24 %), and total gastrointestinal transit time (from 115. 0 + / - 3. 7 hours to 77. 0 + / - 11. 1 hours).