Bloating and distension in irritable bowel syndrome: The role of gastrointestinal transit

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1998-2004

  Agrawal, Anurag ^a   Houghton, Lesley A ^b   Reilly, Brian ^a   Morris, Julie ^b   Whorwell, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349128667     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.251     Document Type: Article

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