Recurrent abdominal pain in children: Is constipation an issue?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 697-698

  Wilschanski, Michael ^a   Branski, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Constipation; Rome criteria II

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MINERAL OIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 8644248421     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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