Inclusion and exclusion criteria of importance in irritable bowel syndrome trials

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Bergmann, Jean François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0032741672     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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