Journal article
Natural History of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A 12-year Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are common in the community. The natural history of FGID is unknown because of a lack of prospective population-based studies and the indistinct nature of the phenotype. We sought to report the natural history of FGID in a US population.
METHODS: This prospective cohort study used data from multiple validated surveys of random samples of Olmsted County, MN, residents over a mean of …
Authors
Halder SLS; Locke GR; Schleck CD; Zinsmeister AR; Melton LJ; Talley NJ
Journal
Gastroenterology, Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. 799–807.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2007
DOI
10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.010
ISSN
0016-5085