Irritable bowel syndrome: Unravelling the mysteries

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 262-263

  Hunter, J O ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; BRAIN DISEASE; EDITORIAL; INFECTION;

BRAIN DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0038544278     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2003.64.5.1756     Document Type: Review

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