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. 2005 Feb;94(2):234-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01897.x.

Recurrent abdominal pain: a five-year follow-up study

Ketil Størdal  1 , Egil André Nygaard, Beint S Bentsen
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Recurrent abdominal pain: a five-year follow-up study

Ketil Størdal et al. Acta Paediatr. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

To explore the long-term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a group of controls (n=88). The former RAP patients reported RAP, headache and school absence more frequently than controls. A high proportion of children referred with RAP have persistent symptoms, with more headache and school absence than controls. The diagnostic subgroup did not predict persistence of abdominal pain.

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