A comparison of the Rome and Manning criteria for case identification in epidemiological investigations of irritable bowel syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2816-2824

  Saito, Yuri Ann ^a   Locke III, G Richard ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^b   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a   Fett, Sara L ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033789462     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)01985-7     Document Type: Article

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