Recurrent abdominal pain in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-399

  Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   De Silva, H Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Adolescent; Children; Emotional stress; Functional gastrointestinal disorder; Gastrointestinal motility; Helicobacter pylori; Visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

FAMOTIDINE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PIZOTIFEN;

ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AEROPHAGIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66249089012     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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