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Review
. 2007 May 26;334(7603):1105-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.679236.AE.

Psychological approach to managing irritable bowel syndrome

Bu'Hussain Hayee  1 , Ian Forgacs
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Review

Psychological approach to managing irritable bowel syndrome

Bu'Hussain Hayee et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Effect of tricyclic antidepressants on “overall symptom improvement with therapy.” Trials included used a validated pain scale to quantify improvement (reproduced with kind permission)
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Fig 2 Effect of tricyclic antidepressants on abdominal pain scores (reproduced with kind permission)
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