Clonazepam Treatment of Pathologic Childhood Aerophagia with Psychological Stresses
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Clonazepam Treatment of Pathologic Childhood Aerophagia with Psychological Stresses
The treatment of pathologic aerophagia has rarely been discussed in the literature. In this retrospective study, the authors investigated the effects of clonazepam on the management of pathologic childhood aerophagia (PCA) with psychological stresses (PS), but not with mental retardation. Data from 22 consecutive PCA patients with PS (aged 2 to 10 yr), who had been followed up for over 1 yr, we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1011-8934
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.2.205