Chronic abdominal wall pain: Clinical features, health care costs, and long-term outcome

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-399

  Costanza, Christopher D ^a   Longstreth, George F ^a,b   Liu, Amy L ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CAWP; chronic abdominal wall pain; IBS; irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342442176     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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