Comorbidity of irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: A striking feature with clinical implications

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1195-1203

  Vandvik, P O ^a,d   Wilhelmsen, I ^b   Ihlebaek C ^c   Farup, P G ^a,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (Norway)

^b Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE LIFE EVENT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBJECTIVE HEALTH COMPLAINT INVENTORY; SYMPTOM CHECK LIST 10; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 10644272777     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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