Is there a difference between abdominal pain and discomfort in moderate to severe IBS patients?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3131-3138

  Sach, Joel ^a,b,c   Bolus, Roger ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Leah ^a,b,c   Naliboff, Bruce D ^a,b,c   Chang, Lin ^a,b,c   Mayer, Emeran A ^a,b,c,d  

^a Ctr Neurovisc Sci/Women's Hlth   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; SYMPTOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISCERA;

EID: 0036896543     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05527-2     Document Type: Article

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