Gender role in irritable bowel syndrome: A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome module (ROME III) between male and female patients

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Anbardan, Sanam Javid ^a   Daryani, Nasser Ebrahimi ^a   Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Vakili, Sahar Taba Taba ^b   Keramati, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ajdarkosh, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Irritable bowel syndrome; Questionnaire; ROME III

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL FECES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84857541948     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2012.18.1.70     Document Type: Article

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