Helicobacter pylori Infection and Childhood Recurrent Abdominal Pain: Lack of Evidence for a Cause and Effect Relationship

BACKGROUND: Recurrent abdominal pain is a common complaint among children and adolescents. Apley’s criteria – at least three discrete episodes of abdominal pain of sufficient severity to interrupt normal activities that occur over a period of three or more months - are often used to define this chro...

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Main Author: Colin Macarthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/286943
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Recurrent abdominal pain is a common complaint among children and adolescents. Apley’s criteria – at least three discrete episodes of abdominal pain of sufficient severity to interrupt normal activities that occur over a period of three or more months - are often used to define this chronic pain syndrome.
ISSN:0835-7900