Letter: Does irritable bowel syndrome have a greater impact in Western, compared with Asian, patients? Authors' reply

Vivek C Goodoory^{1

2}, Elspeth A Guthrie³, Cho Ee Ng⁴, Christopher J Black^{1

2}, Alexander C Ford^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
³ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁴ County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Durham, UK.

Comment

Vivek C Goodoory et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;57(10):1190-1191.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17497.

Vivek C Goodoory^{1

2}, Elspeth A Guthrie³, Cho Ee Ng⁴, Christopher J Black^{1

2}, Alexander C Ford^{1

2}

¹ Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
³ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁴ County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Durham, UK.

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Factors associated with lower disease-specific and generic health-related quality of life in Rome IV irritable bowel syndrome.
Goodoory VC, Guthrie EA, Ng CE, Black CJ, Ford AC. Goodoory VC, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Feb;57(3):323-334. doi: 10.1111/apt.17356. Epub 2022 Dec 21. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023. PMID: 36544055

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