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Abdominal Pain: Urological Aspects

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Abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms in pediatric practice. Aetiologies behind it are multiple; a number of urological conditions present themselves with abdominal pain that may be classified as follows:

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  1. Paediatric Surgery and Urology of Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

    Carolina Acuña

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology, Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile

    Carolina Acuña

  3. Paediatric Surgery and Urology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Pedro-Jose Lopez

  4. Department of Paediatric Urology, Hospital Exequiel Gonzalez Cortes and Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile

    Pedro-Jose Lopez

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  1. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK

    Prasad P. Godbole

  2. Pediatric Urology, The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Duncan T. Wilcox

  3. Pediatric Urology, M-299, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Martin Koyle

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Acuña, C., Lopez, PJ. (2020). Abdominal Pain: Urological Aspects. In: Godbole, P., Wilcox, D., Koyle, M. (eds) Guide to Pediatric Urology and Surgery in Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24730-0_12

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