Prevalence and health outcomes of functional gastrointestinal symptoms in infants from Birth to 12 Months of Age

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 531-537

  Vandenplas, Yvan ^a   Abkari, Abdelhak ^b   Bellaiche, Marc ^c   Benninga, Marc ^d   Chouraqui, Jean Pierre ^e   Çokuorap, Fügençullu ^f   Harb, Tracy ^g   Hegar, Badriul ^h   Lifschitz, Carlos ⁱ   Ludwig, Thomas ^j   Miqdady, Mohamed ^k   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^l   Osatakul, Seksit ^m   Salvatore, Silvia ⁿ   Shamir, Raanan ^o   Staiano, Annamaria ^p   Szajewska, Hania ^q   Thapar, Nikhil ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Clinique Universitaire de Pneumologie   (France)

^f ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

ⁱ HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^j Nutricia Nederland   (Netherlands)

^k SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^m PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^o TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^q MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Constipation; Dyschezia; Functional diarrhoea; Functional gastrointestinal disorder; Infant; Infantile colic; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ATOPY; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD REGURGITATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANTILE COLIC; MIGRAINE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHILD HEALTH; COLIC; COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

CHILD HEALTH; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84945581493     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000949     Document Type: Review

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