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Irritable bowel syndrome: an integrated explanatory model for clinical practice.
Neurogastroenterology and motility - 1 Jun 2015
Hungin A P S, Becher A, Cayley B, Heidelbaugh J J, Muris J W M, Rubin G, Seifert B, Russell A, De Wit N J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a symptom-based diagnosis, clinicians' management of and communication about the disorder is often hampered by an unclear conceptual understanding of the nature of the problem. We aimed to elucidate an integrated explanatory model (EM) for IBS from the existing literature for pragmatic use in the clinical setting. METHODS: Systematic and exploratory...
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