Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
IntroductionMedically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are common and disabling across countries and cultures
In many patients who present with pain, weakness or fatigue, the symptoms remain unexplained as identifiable disease, even after extensive assessment[1]
One out of 7 to 10 children (14.3% to 10%) of the initial randomly selected large groups obtained on ten visits to the study setting fit the working definition for MUS
Summary
To identify the presenting profile of MUS and associated features in a hospital based, nonspecialist paediatric outpatient setting.
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