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Guarire con le parole: il dolore “senza causa”

TREATING WITH WORDS: THE PAIN WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE

LEOPOLDO PERATONER

UO di Pediatria, Azienda Ospedaliera “S. Maria degli Angeli”, Pordenone

Dicembre 2003 - pagg. 657 -662

Abstract
The Author offers an overview of the problem of pain with no apparent cause in children and adolescents. Two such cases, the first of fibromyalgia and the second of headache, are reported. In such cases the quality of the communication with the family and the patient is crucial and treatment is based on a cognitive-behavioural approach
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