title: Rational management of chronic abdominal pain.
abstract: Patients presenting with chronic abdominal pain are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Recent advances in classification of the various chronic abdominal pain disorders and recent evidence supporting the advantages of adopting a multimodal therapeutic approach can often prove quite helpful.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale 85259, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Olden
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi