Electrocardiograms changes in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders on low dose amitriptyline

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 11321-11325

  Chogle, Ashish ^a   Saps, Miguel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain related functional gastrointestinal disorders; Amitriptyline; Children; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LONG QT SYNDROME; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909606769     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11321     Document Type: Article

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