Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood

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Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huertas Ceballos, Angela A ^a   Logan, Stuart ^b   Bennett, Cathy ^c   Macarthur, Colin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE; REVIEW; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84906820879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003014.pub3     Document Type: Review

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