Gender-related differences in IBS symptoms

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2184-2193

  Lee, Oh Young ^a   Mayer, Emeran A ^b   Schmulson, Max ^c   Chang, Lin ^b   Naliboff, Bruce ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NAUSEA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DEFECATION; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034937034     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02524-2     Document Type: Article

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