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Review
. 1986;30(4):399-410.
doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(86)90079-6.

The irritable bowel syndrome

M J Ford
Review

The irritable bowel syndrome

M J Ford. J Psychosom Res. 1986.

Abstract

The clinical characteristics and putative pathogenetic mechanisms of the irritable bowel syndrome are described. The complex inter-relationships between stressful life situations, psychoneurotic and somatic factors involved in the production, maintenance and management of alimentary symptoms are discussed using a behavioural model and catastrophe theory.

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