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Chronic Abdominal Pain
1Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Adolescent Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Chronic or recurrent abdominal pain is poorly defined, often associated with extra-abdominal symptoms, and most likely caused by a multitude of entities. The author presents what is know about the causes, treatment, and natural history of chronic abdominal pain, stressing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to this vexing problem.