Increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome after bacterial gastroenteritis: Cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7183, 1999, Pages 565-566

  García Rodríguez, Luis A ^a   Ruigómez, Ana ^a  

^a Ctro Espanol de Metrologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033608354     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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