Functional gastrointestinal disorders: Past and present

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-112

  Ammoury, Rana Fayez ^a   Pfefferkorn, Marian Del Rosario ^a   Croffie, Joseph Marino ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Bowel syndrome; Gastrointestinal disorders

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CYPROHEPTADINE; DICYCLOVERINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMOTIDINE; HYOSCYAMINE; ITOPRIDE; LUBIPROSTONE; ONDANSETRON; PEPPERMINT OIL; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RIFAXIMIN; TEGASEROD;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPEPSIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650917953     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0021-6     Document Type: Review

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