Barostat testing in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-229

  van den Berg, Maartje M ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^b   van Ginkel, Rijk ^b   Mousa, Hayat M ^b   Benninga, Marc A ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BAROSTAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; DILATATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; VISCERA;

EID: 33744978993     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-006-0079-4     Document Type: Review

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