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Pathologic aerophagia: a rare cause of chronic abdominal distension

OBJECTIVE: To describe an adolescent with pathologic aerophagia, a rare condition caused by excessive and inappropriate swallowing of air and to review its treatment and differential diagnoses. CASE DESCRIPTION: An 11-year-old mentally impaired blind girl presenting serious behavior problems and sev...

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Autores principales: de Jesus, Lisieux Eyer, Cestari, Ana Beatriz C.S.S., da Silva, Orli Carvalho, Fernandes, Marcia Antunes, Firme, Livia Honorato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26100594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpped.2015.01.003