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