New criteria for irritable bowel syndrome based on prospective symptom evaluation [5]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2598-2599

  Walter, Susanna A ^a   Ragnarsson, Gudmundur ^a,b   Bodemar, Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b St Joseph's Hospital   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DEFECATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644643480     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_5.x     Document Type: Letter

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