A survey about irritable bowel syndrome in South Korea: Prevalence and observable organic abnormalities in IBS patients

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-711

  Park, Kyung Sik ^a   Ahn, Sung Hun ^a   Hwang, Jae Seok ^a   Cho, Kwang Bum ^a   Chung, Woo Jin ^a   Jang, Byung Kuk ^a   Kang, Yu Na ^a   Kwon, Jung Hyeok ^a   Kim, Young Hwan ^a  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Korea; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39849092985     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9930-1     Document Type: Article

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