Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Primary Care: The Patients’ and Doctors’ Views on Symptoms, Etiology and Management

BACKGROUND: To facilitate the development of clinical guidelines and to direct future irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) research, insight into the perceptions of patients and general practitioners (GPs) regarding IBS is required.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cornelis J Bijkerk, Niek J de Wit, Wim AB Stalman, J André Knottnerus, Arno W Hoes, Jean WM Muris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/532138