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Chronic abdominal pain is a frequent cause of medical consultation. One possible definition is recurrent abdominal pain that lasts during more than 3 months. Nevertheless, conditions which last less than this period must be considered in the differential diagnosis as well. An organic cause can be discovered only in less than 20 %.
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Kaiser, G.L. (2012). Chronic Abdominal Pain. In: Symptoms and Signs in Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31161-1_17
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