EGD in children with abdominal pain: A systematic review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 654-661

  Thakkar, Kalpesh ^a,c   Gilger, Mark A ^a   Shulman, Robert J ^a   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CCC 1010 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847269676     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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