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Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Comorbidities and Treatment

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Pediatric Neurogastroenterology

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Cyclic vomiting syndrome diagnosis has been facilitated by the recently defined consensus diagnostic criteria by NASPGHAN (2008) and Rome III (2006) criteria. This chapter focuses on the most recent data on comorbidities and clinical subphenotypes, pathophysiologic pathways, and new therapeutic avenues.

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  1. Mount Kisco Medical Group, 110 South Bedford Rd Mount, Kisco, NY, 10549, USA

    Bhanu Sunku M.D.

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Pediatrics Department, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    B. U. K. Li M.D.

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  1. Sainte-Justine Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3T 1C5, Québec, Canada

    Christophe Faure

  2. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43205, Ohio, USA

    Carlo Di Lorenzo

  3. Gastroenterology and Neural Development, University College London, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom

    Nikhil Thapar

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Sunku, B., Li, B.U.K. (2013). Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Comorbidities and Treatment. In: Faure, C., Di Lorenzo, C., Thapar, N. (eds) Pediatric Neurogastroenterology. Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-709-9_36

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