Gallstones, cholecystectomy and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). MICOL population-based study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 944-950

  Corazziari, E ^a   Attili, A F ^a   Angeletti, C ^b   De Santis, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallstone; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55549085228     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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