Gender, Age, Society, Culture, and the Patient's Perspective in the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Gastroenterology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1435-1446

  Chang, Lin ^a,b   Toner, Brenda B ^c,d   Fukudo, Shin ^e   Guthrie, Elspeth ^f   Locke, G Richard ^g   Norton, Nancy J ^h   Sperber, Ami D ⁱ  

^a CNS/WH: Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^h International Foundation of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders   (United States)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; CILANSETRON; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TEGASEROD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOATING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 33646189604     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.09.071     Document Type: Article

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