Childhood functional abdominal pain: Mechanisms and management

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 159-171

  Korterink, Judith ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^b   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^b   Vlieger, Arine ^c   Benninga, Marc A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYPROHEPTADINE; FAMOTIDINE; LAXATIVE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ABDOMINAL PAIN; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPNOSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFE EVENT; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISCERAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NOMENCLATURE; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84924282047     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2015.21     Document Type: Review

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