A Prospective Evaluation of Undiagnosed Joint Hypermobility Syndrome in Patients With Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1680-1687.e2

  Fikree, Asma ^a   Grahame, Rodney ^b   Aktar, Rubina ^a   Farmer, Adam D ^a,c   Hakim, Alan J ^d   Morris, Joan K ^a   Knowles, Charles H ^a   Aziz, Qasim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Ehlers Danlos Syndrome; Functional; Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOATING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTESTINE; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SATIETY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; THORAX PAIN; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOSTATISTICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908101517     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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