Irritable bowel syndrome subtypes defined by Rome II and Rome III criteria are similar

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-220

  Dorn, Spencer D ^a   Morris, Carolyn B ^a   Hu, Yuming ^a   Toner, Brenda B ^b   Diamant, Nicholas ^c   Whitehead, William E ^a   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^a   Drossman, Douglas A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criteria; Irritable bowel syndrome; Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation; Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea; Mixed irritable bowel syndrome; Rome II; Rome III

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROME II CRITERIA; ROME III CRITERIA;

COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650914883     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31815bd749     Document Type: Article

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