Diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome would be better made by gastroenterologists than primary care physicians

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disease, and constitutes a large portion of pa-tients admitted to gastroenterology units. We wanted to examine whether there is a need for patients with suspected IBS to have a thorough examination by a gastroenterologist to estab-lish the diagnosis, or whe...

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Main Authors: Mariette Bengtsson, Bodil Ohlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-08-01
Series:Gastroenterology Insights
Subjects:
IBS
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/gi/article/view/1814