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Is hypnotherapy effective for pediatric functional abdominal pain or IBS?

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boxed-textVlieger AM et al. (2007) Hypnotherapy for children with functional abdominal pain or irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology 133: 1430–1436

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