A Very Low-Carbohydrate Diet Improves Symptoms and Quality of Life in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Austin, Gregory L ^a   Dalton, Christine B ^b   Hu, Yuming ^b   Morris, Carolyn B ^b   Hankins, Jane ^b   Weinland, Stephan R ^b   Westman, Eric C ^c   Yancy Jr , William S ^c,d   Drossman, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 67349159384     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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