Evaluation of thermal water in patients with functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome accompanying constipation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2556-2562

  Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a   Candelli, Marcello ^a   Graziosetto, Ricardo Giuseppe ^b   Coccheri, Sergio ^c   Di Iorio, Ferdinando ^d   Nappi, Giuseppe ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Dispepsia; Mineral water; Thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MINERAL WATER; OCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELFARE;

EID: 33646461279     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2556     Document Type: Article

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