Sensory dysfunction and the irritable bowel syndrome

Bailliere's Best Practice in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-427

  Houghton, Lesley A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Central nervous system; Emotion; Enteric nervous system; Gender; Hypervigilance; Infection; Irritable bowel syndrome; Sensory dysfunction; Stress; Visceral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITABLE COLON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033213610     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.1999.0036     Document Type: Article

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