Irritable bowel syndrome: how useful is the term and the 'diagnosis'?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Associations among neurophysiology measures in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and their relevance for IBS symptoms.Scientific reports · 2020
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2. Potential Causes and Present Pharmacotherapy of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Overview.Pharmacology · 2015
   Review
3. Managing irritable bowel syndrome.The American journal of nursing · 2013
   Review
4. What is irritable bowel syndrome?Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2012
   Article
5. Irritable bowel syndrome: a multidimensional disorder cannot be understood or treated from a unidimensional perspective.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2012
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Abstract

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