Article
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Co-Twin Control Analysis
10 Aug 2007
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Among individuals who satisfy diagnostic criteria for both major depressive disorder (MDD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), little is known about the role of familial tendency and environmental influences in disease susceptibility. Therefore, we aimed to examine if there is a genetic component to the co-occurrence of MDD and IBS in participants from the population-based Swedish Twin Registry....
