Acute abdominal pain in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2321-2326

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a,b,c   Sigalet, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c University of Calgary Medical Clinic ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG USE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038616374     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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