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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Prevalence Varies Enormously Depending on the Employed Diagnostic Criteria: Comparison of Rome II Versus Previous Criteria in a General Population

F. Mearin, X. Badía, A. Balboa, E. Baró, E. Caldwell, M. Cucala, M. Díaz-Rubio, A. Fueyo, J. Ponce, M. Roset, N. J. Talley
Pages 1155-1161 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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