Redefining Abdominal Syndromes: Results of a Population-Based Study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-475

  Kay, L ^a   Jorgensen T ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Definition; Irritable bowel syndrome; Population study; Upper dyspepsia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DENMARK; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 0029901611     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609006767     Document Type: Article

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