Genetic influences in irritable bowel syndrome: A twin study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1340-1344

  Mohammed, Imtiyaz ^a   Cherkas, Lynn F ^c   Riley, Stuart A ^b   Spector, Tim D ^c   Trudgill, Nigel J ^a  

^a SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 21344437297     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41700.x     Document Type: Article

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