Update on Rome IV Criteria for Colorectal Disorders: Implications for Clinical Practice

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Simren, Magnus ^a,b   Palsson, Olafur S ^b   Whitehead, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Functional anorectal disorders; Functional bowel disorders; Functional GI disorders; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rome IV diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANORECTAL DISEASE; BLOATING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; REVIEW; ROME IV CRITERIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEFECATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECTAL DISEASES;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 85017000793     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-017-0554-0     Document Type: Review

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