The relationship between illness perception and symptom severity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 29, Issue 137, 2011, Pages

  Afshar, Hamid ^a   Bagherian, Reza ^a   Foroozandeh, Nasim ^a   Khorramian, Newsha ^a   Daghaghzadeh, Hamed ^a   Maracy, Mohammad Reza ^a   Adibi, Peyman ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Illness perception; Irritable bowel syndrome; Psychological factors; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 79959868912     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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