Physician knowledge of Rome symptom criteria for irritable bowel syndrome is poor among non-gastroenterologists

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Charapata, C ^a   Mertz, H ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nashville Gastrointestinal Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Knowledge; Rome criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPETENCE; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIARRHEA; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROME SYMPTOM; STAFF TRAINING; SURGEON; SYMPTOM;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33645078918     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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