Irritable bowel syndrome: Definition, diagnosis and epidemiology

Bailliere's Best Practice in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-384

  Talley, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs; Functional bowel; Incidence; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033212831     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.1999.0033     Document Type: Article

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