Association Between Alexithymia and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Michiko Kano^{1

2

3}, Yuka Endo³, Shin Fukudo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
² Behavioral Medicine, Graduated School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
³ Psychosomatic Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Michiko Kano et al. Front Psychol. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 25:9:599.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599. eCollection 2018.

Michiko Kano^{1

2

3}, Yuka Endo³, Shin Fukudo^{2

3}

¹ Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
² Behavioral Medicine, Graduated School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
³ Psychosomatic Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Irritable Bowel Syndrome; alexithymia; functional dyspepsia; functional gastrointestinal disorders; somatoform amplification.

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