The influence of alexithymia on persistent symptoms of dyspepsia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Porcelli, Piero ^a   Lorusso, Dionigi ^a   Taylor, Graeme J ^b   Bagby, R Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Cholecystectomy; Dyspepsia; Gallstone disease; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPEPSIA; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMORBIDITY; DYSPEPSIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547959758     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/R781-2897-7218-0R32     Document Type: Article

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