Irritable bowel syndrome: Does gender matter?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-587

  Heitkemper, Margaret ^a   Jarrett, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Irritable bowel syndrome; Sex

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VISCERA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43749086182     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.020     Document Type: Review

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