Chlamydia trachomatis infection: Is it relevant in irritable bowel syndrome?

Digestion

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-159

  Francis, Carol ^a   Prior, Alison ^a   Whorwell, P J ^a   Morris, Julie ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infection; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031968361     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007481     Document Type: Article

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