Methodological Challenges to Treatment Trials for Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1121-1127

  Ball, Thomas M ^a   Weydert, Joy A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0242408687     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.11.1121     Document Type: Article

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