Abdominal sensitivity in the first year of life: Comparison of infants with and without prenatally diagnosed unilateral hydronephrosis

Pain

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-46

  Andrews, K A ^a   Desai, D ^b   Dhillon, H K ^b   Wilcox, D T ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal skin reflex; Development; Infant; Referred visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HIP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANCY; INFANT; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN;

ABDOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFLEX; SKIN;

EID: 0036845127     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00288-9     Document Type: Article

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