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The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the best known of the functional gastrointestinal tract disorders. Many IBS patients have at least one co-morbid somatic complaint and many meet diagnostic criteria...
Ron Y, Sperber AD, Levine A, Shevah O, Dickman R, Avni Y, Shirin H
KMID: 2326190
J Neurogastroenterol Motil.
2011 Jan;17(1):61-66.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate associations between delayed gastric emptying (GE) assessed by the octanoic acid breath test and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms.
METHODS: A historical, prospective study included 111 consecutive symptomatic adults...
Sperber AD, Akiva S, Leshno M, Halpern Z, Buskila D
KMID: 2326191
J Neurogastroenterol Motil.
2011 Jan;17(1):67-72.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: There is significant co-morbidity between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). However, FMS is diagnosed by physical examination, which limits the conduct of co-morbidity studies in a...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Reliable diagnostic instruments for measuring the presence of functional gastrointestinal disorders based on the Rome III criteria have been lacking in Japan. The aims of the present study were...