Use of complementary and alternative medicine by pediatric patients with functional and organic gastrointestinal diseases: Results from a multicenter survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vlieger, Arine M ^a,b   Blink, Marjolein ^a   Tromp, Ellen ^b   Benninga, Marc A ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Complementary and alternative medicine; Functional gastrointestinal disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; FEEDING DISORDER; FOOD ALLERGY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49849106113     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0266     Document Type: Article

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