Non-gynecologic causes of unexplained lower abdominal pain in adolescent girls: Two clinical cases and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Cavanaugh Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal Pain; Adolescents

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 3342910654     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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