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RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2019 Aug


Gastroenterology


157


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Cumulative Effects of Psychologic Distress, Visceral Hypersensitivity, and Abnormal Transit on Patient-reported Outcomes in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Authors

Simrén M, Törnblom H, Palsson OS, van Oudenhove L, Whitehead WE, Tack J
Gastroenterology. 2019 Aug; 157(2):391-402.e2.
PMID: 31022401.

Abstract

Little is known about the link between pathophysiologic factors and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or whether these factors have cumulative effects on patient-reported outcomes (PROs). We investigated whether pathophysiologic alterations associated with IBS have cumulative or independent effects on PROs.