Therapeutic strategies for functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome based on pathophysiology

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 601-613

  Talley, Nicholas J ^a   Holtmann, Gerald ^b   Walker, Marjorie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional dyspepsia; Irritable bowel syndrome; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSBIOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; MICROBIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

LINACLOTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMALS; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84930761825     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-015-1076-x     Document Type: Review

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