Gender-related differences in dyspepsia: A qualitative systematic review

Gender Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-42

  Ahlawat, Sushil K ^a   Cuddihy, Maria Teresa ^b   Locke III, G Richard ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

dyspepsia; functional dyspepsia; gender differences

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOCICEPTION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISCERAL PAIN;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645888118     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(06)80192-0     Document Type: Article

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