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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common and affects 5 to 20% of individuals world-wide. Physicians with various specialties and at different settings are bound to meet these patients. This book is written by clinicians with long experience with IBS patients at different settings that have performed active research on IBS from different angles. Topics discussed include the prevalence and incidence of IBS world-wide, symptoms and consequences for patients and the society; IBS symptom based diagnosis; pathogenesis and the different possible etiological factors; a new hypothesis for the pathogenesis of IBS; post-infectious and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) associated IBS and treatment options, both non-pharmacological and pharmacological. This book does not only contain up to date data, but also included are the authors'' points of view and their argument in several debated issues in IBS.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Diagnosis, Pathogenesis

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      Publisher Nova Science Publishers Inc
      Published 14 August 2012
      ISBN-13 9781620815526
      978-1620815526
      ISBN-10 1620815524
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      Gastroenterology

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      Book Synopsis
      Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common and affects 5 to 20% of individuals world-wide. Physicians with various specialties and at different settings are bound to meet these patients. This book is written by clinicians with long experience with IBS patients at different settings that have performed active research on IBS from different angles. Topics discussed include the prevalence and incidence of IBS world-wide, symptoms and consequences for patients and the society; IBS symptom based diagnosis; pathogenesis and the different possible etiological factors; a new hypothesis for the pathogenesis of IBS; post-infectious and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) associated IBS and treatment options, both non-pharmacological and pharmacological. This book does not only contain up to date data, but also included are the authors'' points of view and their argument in several debated issues in IBS.

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