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The irritable bowel severity scoring system: a simple method of monitoring irritable bowel syndrome and its progress

C. Francis, J. Morris, P. Whorwell

1997.4.1ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1997.142318000.x

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The clinical assessment and investigation of irritable bowel syndrome would be greatly facilitated by the introduction of a simple, easy to use severity scoring system.

Abstract

Background: The clinical assessment and investigation of irritable bowel syndrome would be greatly facilitated by the introduction of a simple, easy to use severity scoring system. Such a system, developed in our department over a number of years, has been submitted to validation in a total of 141 patients and 40 healthy controls.

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FRANCIS, C.; MORRIS, J.; WHORWELL, P. The irritable bowel severity scoring system: A simple method of monitoring irritable bowel syndrome and its progress. ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, 1997, 11.