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Diagnostic Usefulness of Carnett's Test in Psychogenic Abdominal Pain

Toshihiko Takada, Masatomi Ikusaka, Yoshiyuki Ohira, Kazutaka Noda, Tomoko Tsukamoto

Internal Medicine · 2011 · 51 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Carnett's test may be useful for ruling in and ruling out psychogenic abdominal pain in addition to distinguishing between abdominal wall pain and intra-abdominal pain.

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