Rome I criteria are more sensitive than Rome II for diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome in Indian patients

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 164-166

  Banerjee, Rupa ^a   Choung, Ong Wai ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Tandan, Manu ^a   Lakhtakia, Sandeep ^a   Rao, G V ^a   Reddy, D Nageshwar ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25844477965     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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