Abdominal pain as the presenting symptom of autonomic dysfunction in a child

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 725-729

  Chelimsky, Gisela ^b   Hupertz, Vera F ^b   Chelimsky, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b University Hospitals of Cleveland ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PALLOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEAT TEST; SYMPTOM; TILT TABLE TEST; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032778518     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903801205     Document Type: Article

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