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A study of 111 children with recurrent abdominal pain
Author(s) -
BURY R. G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1987.tb02190.x
Subject(s) - medicine , organic disease , abdominal pain , pediatrics , disease , el niño , clinical practice , physical therapy , surgery
One hundred and eleven children with recurrent abdominal pain were studied to determine the clinical features in a group of unselected children presenting in a general paediatric practice. Organic disease was found in four children and was easy to recognize. There were characteristic clinical features in children with no apparent organic cause for pain which suggest that detailed investigations are inappropriate. A simple psychosomatic approach showed an immediate and sustained improvement in symptoms in 70% of children studied.