Evaluation of gastrointestinal symptoms in different patient groups using the visual analogue scale for irritable bowel syndrome (VAS-IBS)

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bengtsson, Mariette ^a   Hammar, Oskar ^b   Mandl, Thomas ^b   Ohlsson, Bodil ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 80755143069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-122     Document Type: Article

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