Community-based case-control study of childhood chronic abdominal pain: Role of selected laboratory investigations

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-526

  Soon, Gordon S ^a   Saunders, Norman ^a   Ipp, Moshe ^a   Sherman, Philip M ^a,b   Macarthur, Colin ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic Abdominal Pain; Diagnostic tests; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OVUM; PARASITES;

EID: 34147146002     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318033579b     Document Type: Article

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