Role of endoscopy in chronic diarrhoea when functional bowel disease is suspected

Ramesh P Arasaradnam^{1

2

3

4}, Julian R F Walters⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Academic Gastroenterology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK.
² Applied Biological Sciences, University of Coventry, Coventry, UK.
³ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁴ University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁵ Imperial College London, London, UK.

Comment

Ramesh P Arasaradnam et al. Gut. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;69(1):190-191.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317730. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Ramesh P Arasaradnam^{1

2

3

4}, Julian R F Walters⁵

¹ Department of Academic Gastroenterology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK.
² Applied Biological Sciences, University of Coventry, Coventry, UK.
³ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁴ University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁵ Imperial College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic diarrhoea; endoscopy; functional bowel disease.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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