Clinical and laboratory findings in 220 children with recurrent abdominal pain

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1028-1032

  Gijsbers, C F M ^a   Benninga, M A ^b   Buller H A ^c  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Child; Helicobacter pylori; Infantile colic; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIENTAMOEBA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79958065561     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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