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Functional Vomiting Disorders and Patterns

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Functional vomiting patterns and disorders are, by definition, not caused by underlying organic disease. However, many have organic complications, e.g., Infant Rumination Syndrome, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, vomiting associated with Bulimia.

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Fleisher, D.R. (2014). Functional Vomiting Disorders and Patterns. In: Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1089-2_3

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