Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis: A comparison of symptomatology

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1269-1272

  Lea, R ^a   Bancroft, K ^b   Whorwell, P J ^a,c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; COLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 10344250494     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200412000-00006     Document Type: Article

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