The relationship between abdominal pain regions and specific diseases: An epidemiologic approach to clinical practice

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Yamamoto, Wari ^a   Kono, Hiroshi ^a   Maekawa, Munetaka ^b   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Diagnosis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 37849189486     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.7.27     Document Type: Article

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