Overlap among the functional gastrointestinal disorders

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2512-

  Ford, Alexander C ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 78149270194     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.353     Document Type: Letter

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