How reliable are the Rome III criteria for the assessment of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2697-2701

  Chogle, Ashish ^a   Dhroove, Gati ^a   Sztainberg, Marcelo ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^c   Saps, Miguel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROME III CRITERIA; VIGNETTE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649839020     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.350     Document Type: Article

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