Characteristics of patients with irritable bowel syndrome recruited from three sources: Implications for clinical trials

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 959-964

  Longstreth, G F ^a   Hawkey, C J ^b   Mayer, E A ^c   Jones, R H ^d   Naesdal, J ^e   Wilson, I K ^e   Peacock, R A ^e   Wiklund, I K ^e  

^a Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Plan ^*  (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIALS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034960241     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2001.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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