Cyclical vomiting syndrome in 41 adults: The illness, the patients, and problems of management

BMC Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fleisher, David R ^a   Gornowicz, Blake ^b   Adams, Kathleen ^c   Burch, Richard ^a   Feldman, Edward J ^d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILIA; PANIC; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETCHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PANIC DISORDER; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 30044445987     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-3-20     Document Type: Article

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