A new insight into non-specific abdominal pain

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-94

  Sanders, David S ^a   Azmy, Iman A F ^a   Hurlstone, David P ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Non specific abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CELIAC DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 33644964299     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X85751     Document Type: Short Survey

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