Bran and irritable bowels - Bran's deleterious effects: Much ado about nothing

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7724, 2009, Pages 765-

  Ford, Alexander C ^a   Moayyedi, Paul ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISPAGULA;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BRAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PLANTAGO;

DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLANTAGO; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350433320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3956     Document Type: Letter

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