Title
Comments on irritable bowel syndrome
Other title
[Comentarios Sobre el Síndrome de Intestino Irritable.]
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Medicina Victor Alzamora Castro
Publisher(s)
Sociedad De Gastroenterologia Del Peru
Abstract
The Author comments about the inadequacy of the organic and functional terminology in the description of digestive problems categorized as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), also the adjective irritable and wrong is ambiguous and equivocal and the consideration in the definition of the Rome I, II , and III criteria for IBS since 3 months of discomfort is subject to great debate. Keywords: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Rome criteria, functional diseases.
Start page
52
End page
54
Volume
30
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77954570243
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
ISSN of the container
10225129
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