Recurrent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in children
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Psychosocial aspects of assessment and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome in adults and recurrent abdominal pain in children.
This article presents a selective review of psychosocial research on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adults and on a possible developmental precursor, recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), in children. For IBS the authors provide a summary of epidemiology, of the psychological and psychiatric disturbances frequently found among IBS patients, and of the possible role of early abuse in IBS. A review ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Pediatrics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1040-8703
DOI: 10.1097/mop.0b013e3282bf6ddc