Research supported by New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine
Irritable bowel syndrome(IBS)is a relatively common condition characterized by abdominal pain,among other symptoms,that significantly impacts the quality of life of IBS patients.Therapeutic treatment of IBS results in...
BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome(IBS)is a prevalent and debilitating gastrointestinal condition.Research has reported persistent,low-grade mucosal inflammation and significant overlaps between patients with IBS and...
Objectives: To describe the extent to which irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) exhibit symptom overlap, and to validate a patient-derived, generic symptom q...
Objective: This study assessed the methodological quality of systematic reviews/meta-analysis of the effectiveness of probiotics against irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) using the accepted methodological quality assessm...
Functional gastrointestinal disorders(FGID) are heterogeneous disorders with a variety of clinical manifestations, primarily defined by signs and symptoms rather than a definite underlying cause. Their pathophysiology...
The role of radiologic imaging in the investigation of irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) remains a subject of debate and there is some evidence, from recent studies of utilization of imaging in IBS, which focused on assoc...
funded by the COST program[BM1106,(www.GENIEUR.eu)];supported by the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility(ESNM,www.ESNM.eu)
AIM To evaluate the most common studied genetic polymorphisms that may have an etiological role in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).METHODS The data base Pub Med was searched for studies analyzing the association betwee...
The overlap syndrome of functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome (FD-IBS) is very common and difficult to treat. There are many risk factors of FD-IBS. Mental illness of FD-IBS patients is more serious. Funct...
A 58-year-old patient diagnosed with fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), non-responsive to variety of treatments over the years, suffered from significant social and occupa...
Supported by Division of Intramural Research;National Institute of Nursing Research to W.A.H.;No.1ZIANR000018-01-05
AIM:To summarize and synthesize current literature on neuroimaging the brain-gut axis in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS).METHODS:A database search for relevant literature was conducted using Pub Med,Scopus...