Journal article
What determines severity among patients with painful functional bowel disorders?
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: For patients with painful functional bowel disorders (FBD), physicians frequently make diagnostic and treatment decisions based on the severity of the pain reported; patients with severe painful complaints may receive extensive diagnostic tests and treatments. Therefore, it would be important to determine what clinical factors contribute to the judgment of severity among patients with FBD. The aim of this study was to identify the …
Authors
Drossman DA; Whitehead WE; Toner BB; Diamant N; Hu YJB; Bangdiwala SI; Jia H
Journal
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 95, No. 4,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2000
DOI
10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.01936.x
ISSN
0002-9270