Cyproheptadine for the treatment of functional abdominal pain in childhood: A double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1367-1374

  Sadeghian, M ^a   Farahmand, F ^a   Fallahi, G H ^a   Abbasi, A ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Child; Cyproheptadine; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

CYPROHEPTADINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYPROHEPTADINE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57749190580     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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