Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$281,332.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Ten to 17% of children between the ages of 4 and 16 years meet the criteria for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). Of these, up to 68% meet the criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which also affects 15 G?? 20% of adults. Up to 66% of RAP children de