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The epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional condition of the bowel that is diagnosed using clinical criteria. This paper discusses the nature of the diagnostic process for IBS and how this impacts epidemiological measurements. Depending on the diagnostic criteria employed, IBS affects around 11%...

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Autores principales: Canavan, Caroline, West, Joe, Card, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24523597
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S40245