Abdominal migraine

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 360, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Angus Leppan, Heather ^a,b,c   Saatci, Defne ^d   Sutcliffe, Alastair ^d   Guiloff, Roberto J ^e,f  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85042271995     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k179     Document Type: Article

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