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. 1979 Jun;65(6):119-21, 124-7.
doi: 10.1080/00325481.1979.11715177.

Acute abdominal pain in childhood. Finding the cause

A M Lake

Acute abdominal pain in childhood. Finding the cause

A M Lake. Postgrad Med. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

The child with acute abdominal pain poses a problem of differential diagnosis. Selection of diagnostic studies and initial management depends on the unique characteristics of history or physical examination that narrow the range of possible underlying causes.

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