Journal article
Further Characterization of Painful Constipation (PC)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There has been some question about the classification of painful constipation (PC) and its relationship to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and in particular IBS with constipation (IBS-C). We sought to: (1) compare PC with IBS and its subtypes (IBS-C, IBS-D, and IBS-A) in terms of pain scores, stool habit and clinical features, and to determine which factors predict PC over IBS, (2) determine the variation in pain and stool habit for …
Authors
Drossman DA; Morris C; Hu Y; Leserman J; Dalton C; Toner B; Diamante N; Bangdiwala S
Journal
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1080–1088
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 2008
DOI
10.1097/mcg.0b013e31815146f9
ISSN
0192-0790