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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1999-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/286943 |