What is irritable bowel syndrome?

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 379-380

  Whorwell, Peter J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM ULCER; EDITORIAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84868238897     PISSN: 1756283X     EISSN: 17562648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X12461061     Document Type: Editorial

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