The role of abuse in the development of irritable bowel syndrome: a comparative study

M.A. === Irritable Bowel Syndrome is defined as a chronic relapsing functional bowel disorder of unknown causes (Weber & McCallum, 1992). IBS is characterized by attacks of abdominal pain and change of bowel habit resulting in diarrhoea, constipation or both, where no structural alteration of th...

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Main Author: Rossouw, G. Eileen
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1616