Irritable bowel syndrome: A single gastrointestinal disease or a general somatoform disorder?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-565

  Enck, Paul ^a   Klosterhalfen, Sibylle ^a   Zipfel, Stephan ^a   Martens, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IRRITABLE COLON; NOMENCLATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 43649089679     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.026     Document Type: Editorial

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