Diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome: Poor agreement between general practitioners and the Rome II criteria

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 448-453

  Vandvik, P O ^a   Aabakken, L ^b   Farup, P G ^b  

^a Innlandet Hospital Health Authority   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; General practice; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rome II criteria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442528351     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310008782     Document Type: Article

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