Diagnostic Usefulness of Carnett's Test in Psychogenic Abdominal Pain
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Diagnostic usefulness of Carnett's test in psychogenic abdominal pain.
OBJECTIVE Carnett's test is a simple clinical test in which abdominal tenderness is evaluated while the patient tenses the abdominal muscles. It is useful for differentiating abdominal wall pain from intra-abdominal pain. However, no study has reported its association with psychogenic abdominal pain. We evaluated its diagnostic usefulness in psychogenic abdominal pain. METHODS Two physicians ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4179