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. 1999 Sep;45 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):II80.
doi: 10.1136/gut.45.2008.ii80.

The road to Rome

W G Thompson  1
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The road to Rome

W G Thompson. Gut. 1999 Sep.
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Results of a Medline literature search for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and irritable colon syndrome (ICS) by decade, for the 30 years ending with 1997. Note the rapid rise in publications, and the relative decline in the use of the term irritable colon.
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