Chronic abdominal pain in children: What to do following the medical evaluation

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-575

  Banez, Gerard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Cognitive behavioral procedures; Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation; Pediatrics; Recurrent abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DESIPRAMINE; PEPPERMINT OIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MODEL; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549128662     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32830c6ef1     Document Type: Review

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