The challenge of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Olden, Kevin W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Manning criteria; Rome criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0141563500     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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