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Diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome: poor agreement between general practitioners and the Rome II criteria

P. O. Vandvik Dept. of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Health Authority, Gjøvik, NorwayCorrespondenceper.vandvik @start.no
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L. Aabakken Unit for Applied Clinical Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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P. G. Farup Dept. of Medicine, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Pages 448-453 | Received 14 Oct 2003, Accepted 17 Dec 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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