Gender distribution in irritable bowel syndrome is proportional to the severity of constipation relative to diarrhea

Gender Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-246

  Herman, Jeremy ^a   Pokkunuri, Venkata ^a   Braham, Lena ^a   Pimentel, Mark ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

constipation; gender; IBS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956771612     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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