How valuable is the application on consensus guidelines in the management of functional gastrointestinal disorders?

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-231

  Vaira, Dino ^a   Gatta, L ^a   Ricci, C ^a   D'Anna, L ^b   Miglioli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Gastrointestinal Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional dyspepsia; Guidelines; Irritable bowel disease; Rome II criteria; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035670802     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050684     Document Type: Review

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