Functional abdominal pain

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-398

  Grover, Madhusudan ^a   Drossman, Douglas A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Chronic abdominal pain; Complementary therapy; Functional abdominal pain syndrome; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Irritable bowel syndrome; Psychological treatments; Psychotropic agents

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DESVENLAFAXINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PREGABALIN; QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFECATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING; ENTERITIS; EVENING DOSAGE; FUNCTIONAL ABDOMINAL PAIN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASSAGE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRESS MANAGEMENT; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALINGERING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 77958177411     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-010-0125-0     Document Type: Review

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