Chronic upper abdominal pain due to duodenal ulcer and other structural and functional causes: Its localization and nocturnal occurrence

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-519

  Kang, J Y ^a,b   Ho, K Y ^a   Yeoh, K G ^a   Guan, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Medicine   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Duodenal ulcer; Functional dyspepsia; Irritable bowel syndrome; Localized pain; Nocturnal pain; Pointing sign

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029977836     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb01694.x     Document Type: Article

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