Differential Diagnosis of Recurrent Abdominal Pain: New Considerations

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Kohli, Rohit ^a   Li, B U K ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GI Fellowship Training Program   (United States)

^d N Amer Soc Pediat Gastroenterol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BILE DUCT DYSKINESIA; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN; GASTRITIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTER PYLORIS GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SPASM; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROME II CRITERIA;

EID: 0742288420     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20040201-10     Document Type: Review

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