Irritable bowel syndrome: how useful is the term and the 'diagnosis'?

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (CENTER), College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Charlton 8-110, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

Michael Camilleri. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2012 Nov.

. 2012 Nov;5(6):381-6.

doi: 10.1177/1756283X12442223.

¹ Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (CENTER), College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Charlton 8-110, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement: The author has no conflicts of interest.

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