Family Physician Corner Myths and Facts about Infantile Colic
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Infantile colic is a common condition affecting 10% to 30% of infants in the first 3 months of life. Infantile colic can be quite distressing to the parents. The condition cannot be clearly defined because of its variability. Nevertheless, the definition given by Wessel (1954) is still widely accepted. It is based on the rule of three: crying for more than three hours per day, for more than three days per week, and for more than three weeks in an infant that is well-fed and otherwise healthy.
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Retraction: Infantile colic, facts and fiction
This article (Kheir AEM: Infantile colic, facts and fiction. Ital J Pediatr 2012, 38:34) has been retracted by the author due to extensive text overlap with a previous publication by Roberts et al. (Roberts DM, Ostapchuk M, O'Brien JG: Infantile Colic. Am Fam Physician 2004,70:735–740).The author apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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