Paediatric Rome III Criteria-Related Abdominal Pain Is Associated With Helicobacter pylori and Not With Calprotectin

Abstract

H pylori gastritis and noninfectious gastritis were associated with functional dyspepsia in children referred for abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders while faecal calprotectin is not a predictor of gastritis and is similar in children with functional abdominal pain symptoms and in controls.

Keywords

• abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders
• children
• faecal calprotectin
• gastritis
• Helicobacter pylori
• Rome-III