Irritable bowel syndrome in the elderly: An overlooked problem?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 721-724

  Agrawal, A ^a   Khan, M H ^a   Whorwell, P J ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloating; Elderly; Extra colonic symptoms; Irritable bowel syndrome; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEFECATION URGENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETHARGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; THORAX PAIN; URINARY FREQUENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LETHARGY; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 69749085909     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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