The clinical course and prognostic determinants of the irritable bowel syndrome: A literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 561-567

  Janssen, H A M ^a   Muris, J W M ^a   Knotterus, J A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031834198     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850171783     Document Type: Review

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