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Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain Misdiagnosed as Functional Abdominal Pain

Tijmen van Assen, Jenneke W. A. J. de Jager-Kievit, Marc R. Scheltinga and Rudi M. H. Roumen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 738-744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130115
Tijmen van Assen
From the Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (TvA, JWAJdJ-K, MRS, RMHR); and SolviMáx, Center of Excellence for Chronic Abdominal Wall and Groin Pain, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (MRS, RMHR).
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Jenneke W. A. J. de Jager-Kievit
From the Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (TvA, JWAJdJ-K, MRS, RMHR); and SolviMáx, Center of Excellence for Chronic Abdominal Wall and Groin Pain, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (MRS, RMHR).
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Marc R. Scheltinga
From the Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (TvA, JWAJdJ-K, MRS, RMHR); and SolviMáx, Center of Excellence for Chronic Abdominal Wall and Groin Pain, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (MRS, RMHR).
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Rudi M. H. Roumen
From the Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (TvA, JWAJdJ-K, MRS, RMHR); and SolviMáx, Center of Excellence for Chronic Abdominal Wall and Groin Pain, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (MRS, RMHR).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2013, 26 (6) 738-744; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130115

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2013, 26 (6) 738-744; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130115
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