Do patients with irritable bowel syndrome in primary care really differ from outpatients with irritable bowel syndrome?

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 669-674

  Van Der Horst, H E ^a   Van Dulmen, A M ^b   Schellevis, F G ^a   Van Eijk, J Th M ^a   Fennis, J F M ^b   Bleijenberg, G ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Primary care; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0030667225     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.5.669     Document Type: Article

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