Systematic review of diagnostic criteria for IBS demonstrates poor validity and utilization of Rome III

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Dang, J ^a   Ardila Hani, A ^a   Amichai, M M ^a   Chua, K ^a   Pimentel, M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel; Rome criteria; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; KRUIS CRITERION; MANNING CRITERION; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROME I CRITERION; ROME II CRITERION; ROME III CRITERION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84865417908     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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